Eitsu systems analysis and designtutorial jan itsu lab tutorial task review questions

Tutorial - 10

Task 10.1: Review Questions

1. What is defined by human computer interaction (HCI)?

 It is a combination of the efficiency involved in performing a task and the quality of the work that is produced by the task.

4. What is usability?

Menus: The user is restricted to the options that are shown.

Touchscreen graphical interface: The user interacts with the computer by touching the screen on icons presented on the screen.

Form-fill interfaces: Onscreen or web-based forms that display fields holding data items or parameters that the user must convey.

8. Describe how users use onscreen menus?

 In the on-screen menus, the user clicks on the icon displayed on the screen and then the computer process according to the user input.

Task 10.2: Problems
1.Please explain usability of items in figure 1.

2.Manu Narayan owns several first-class hotels worldwide, including properties in Manhattan, Mumbai, and even some in suburbia. He wants to make sure that human-computer interface is appropriate to each culture but also wants to able to share the software among all of his hotel reservations departments. Design a nested menus interface for a check-in and checkout hotel reservation system that can be used internationally. Use numbers to select a menu items. Show how each menu would look on a standard computer display.

3.Josh and Colleen, a celebrity chef couple and restaurant owners from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, want to be able to receive clear feedback on the system used to manage food inventory at their many “farm to table” restaurants in Philadelphia and New York. Design a display that provides appropriate feedback for a user whose daily update report on locally available produce has been successfully sent to the chef.