Personas Personas were first introduced by Alan Cooper as a practical interaction design tool. Personas have been to help the design team to better consider the perspectives of people who will be using a system and more realistically hypothesise answers to questions relating to what they might do in a particular scenario. A persona helps to give the invisible, nondescript "user" a personality. By designing for the persona, the needs of the broader group that the persona is an archetype for, can be better satisfied. The personas defined here are based on the field work done to collate data and information regarding the characteristics of older people that helps to typify particular groups of people, and the personas compiled here are representative of the range of issues that were found. As part of the user-centred design process it is recommended that the consortium team adopt these personas and consider the design, development and use of the Mobiserv technology through the eyes of the personas. Persona Name Cognitive Physiological Psychological Setting Number 1 Aalbert None Mobility, Weak Loneliness Independent heart and lungs 2 Brenda Forgetfulness Diabetes, weak None Independent eyesight, Mobility, shortness of breath from exertion 3 Carol None, mild Limited mobility in None Independent forgetfulness hand, knee replacement 4 Dafne None Impaired mobility None 5 John Dementia Mild mobility None impairment 6 Lilian None Severely impaired Mild Residential mobility, hearing depression loss 7 None Limited mobility, Loneliness Residential incontinence Table . Summary of Issues for each Persona
Personas Personas were first introduced by Alan Cooper as a practical interaction design tool. Personas have been to help the design team to better consider the perspectives of people who will be using a system and more realistically hypothesise answers to questions relating to what they might do in a particular scenario. A persona helps to give the invisible, nondescript "user" a personality. By designing for the persona, the needs of the broader group that the persona is an archetype for, can be better satisfied. The personas defined here are based on the field work done to collate data and information regarding the characteristics of older people that helps to typify particular groups of people, and the personas compiled here are representative of the range of issues that were found. As part of the user-centred design process it is recommended that the consortium team adopt these personas and consider the design, development and use of the Mobiserv technology through the eyes of the personas. Persona Number Name Cognitive Physiological Psychological Setting 1 Aalbert None Mobility, Weak heart and lungs Loneliness Independent 2 Brenda Forgetfulness Diabetes, weak eyesight, Mobility, shortness of breath from exertion None Independent 3 Carol None, mild forgetfulness Limited mobility in hand, knee replacement None Independent 4 Dafne None Impaired mobility None 5 John Dementia Mild mobility impairment None 6 Lilian None Severely impaired mobility, hearing loss Mild depression Residential 7 None Limited mobility, incontinence Loneliness Residential Table . Summary of Issues for each Persona
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