NGDS User Centered Design Meeting the Needs of the Geothermal Community
- Key words
- NGDS; geothermal data; user interface; user design; data system design
- Location
- United States
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2013
- Session
- Databases; Software; Websites
- Language
- English
Abstract
In order to ensure the widest and greatest utility of IT and software projects designed for geothermal reservoir engineering the full consideration of end users? task and workflow needs must be evaluated. This paper describes the user-centered design (UCD) approach taken in the development of a user interface (UI) solution for the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS). This development process has been research based, highly collaborative, and incorporates state-of-the-art practices to ensure a quality user experience. Work is continuing on the interface, including future usability tests to further refine the interfaces as the overall system is developed.
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