The purpose of this project was to identify a written instruction set that would benefit
from the addition of technical instructions and added to the safer and easier project
completion. I selected an IKEA product to meet the 15-step instruction set with illustrations requirement. This specific set was 17- completion steps
in order to have flexibility with the written directions. My team partner
and I divided the deliverables into one of us completing all deliverables while
the other conducted the usability testing. The project meets the following outcomes of
from the addition of technical instructions and added to the safer and easier project
completion. I selected an IKEA product to meet the 15-step instruction set with illustrations requirement. This specific set was 17- completion steps
in order to have flexibility with the written directions. My team partner
and I divided the deliverables into one of us completing all deliverables while
the other conducted the usability testing. The project meets the following outcomes of
the program:
* Identify reader/user expectations
* Evaluate and use appropriate strategies for production and editing
* Analyzing, navigating, & synthesizing research data
This was the second-best project that I worked on during my UCCS tenure. I was able
to combine technical writing experience with usability design creation and fuse it with
the required objectives – research, user expectations and evaluation, and real-world
issue of terribly written instructions. One of the takeaways is that I know how to make documents more accessible for use because not everyone is able to decipher the meaning of diagram-only instructions. The other takeaway was realizing the importance of usability testing with technical instruction sets.
to combine technical writing experience with usability design creation and fuse it with
the required objectives – research, user expectations and evaluation, and real-world
issue of terribly written instructions. One of the takeaways is that I know how to make documents more accessible for use because not everyone is able to decipher the meaning of diagram-only instructions. The other takeaway was realizing the importance of usability testing with technical instruction sets.
