Browsing by Author "Thomann, G."

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    Applying Scenarios in the context of Specific User Design: Surgeon as an Expert User, and Design for Handicapped Children.
    (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) Thomann, G.; Rasoulifar, R.; Villeneuve, F.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    In the context of specific user (surgery or handicap domain), the list of requirements is especially difficult to establish. We propose to reflect on the design methodology and especially on the Scenario & Emulation application. The aim is to make emerge needs in users who have specific relation to the final product. In this paper, we illustrate the research with two projects: the DESTIN Project (know-how and experience of the surgeons) and the AE2M Project (handicapped children). User, usage and products are the parameters we chose to define and to categorize with the objective to optimise the design process.
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    Scenarios and the Design Process in Medical Applications
    (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) Rasoulifar, R.; Thomann, G.; Villeneuve, F.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    Scenario has been largely used in design progression of different engineering disciplines, mostly in software engineering and Human-Machine Interaction. Scenario helps the software designers to border on the user and usage requirements. Although the design process in many fields of product engineering deals with tasks and functions, and step away from the final users, in medical and healthcare product design the understanding and specification of user requirements become an important issue. Thus, scenario can play an essential role as a tool for engineers to help them to identify and determine the usage of the medical devices. This paper investigates the use of scenarios in design development of healthcare products, and proposes a new concept of using scenarios in the evaluation phase of user dependent healthcare products. Our proposed model for scenario driven approach represents the confrontation between engineering (device design) and medical (usage), through the scenario specification. The new scenario specifies: cure procedure, device functions, usage situation and observation.