A Scenario-Based Design Method with Photo Diaries and Photo Essays

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a requirements elicitation method called Scenarios, Photographic Essays and Diaries as User Probes (SPED-UP). In SPED-UP participants create photographic diaries and photographic essays themselves. Each participant creates photographic diaries to capture a day in their own life. They reflect upon their personal experiences and create photographic essays based upon this reflection. This approach enables designers to collect user data conveniently. Designers, who might be participants themselves in a participatory approach, can then analyze these experiences by forming design concepts, envision scenarios by imagining contexts of use, and create artifacts by sketching these scenarios. We also describe an exemplary workshop using the SPED-UP approach.