People who are left handed can have trouble signing credit card reader screens. The pen-tether is frequently too short to reach around to the left hand side of the screen. While the majority of American’s are right handed, to the 10% who are left handed, this can cause difficulty performing the simple task of paying with a credit card.
Have you ever found yourself wondering why a product is awkward to use? Have you ever thought “someone like me wasn’t involved in designing this product”?
Read this article about Why Diversity Build Better Products
https://www.rainforestqa.com/blog/2017-06-19-why-d…
Watch this video about the Need for Universal Design:
Read 2 of the articles below and then complete the discussion board assignment.
Diverse and Inclusive Team of Engineers Drive Innovation
http://theworkspacetoday.com/2017/04/13/a-diverse-and-inclusive-team-of-engineers-drive-innovation/
When Bias in Product Design Means Life or Death
https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/when-bias-in-product-design-means-life-or-death/
Diverse Thinking: The Five People You Need on Your Product Development Team
Why Diverse Teams are Smarter
https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter
Assignment:
a) Summarizes what you learned from the articles and the video by discussing the themes present across the articles and video. Use specific examples from the articles and video.
b) Describes a product that you interact with frequently which would have benefited from a more diverse design team. What are the problems you find with the product? How would it look or operate differently if a more diverse design team was involved?
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