Role playing with fire fighters: using a worst case scenario and verbal re-enactment in the role play

Paula Valkonen; Marja Liinasuo

doi:10.1145/1868914.1869034

Role playing with fire fighters: using a worst case scenario and verbal re-enactment in the role play

Aalto University

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Abstract

The paper presents a case in which the new method for studying user-related issues in dangerous working environments was used. An innovation of reshaped role play, named as here as Worst Case Role Play, accompanied by reality checks in the form of verbal re-enactments, was used in searching for use context and information needs of a fire fighter performing smoke diving in a burning building. The specific purpose of this study was to gain knowledge of fire fighters' potential need for wearable electronics. The method, described and discussed in this paper, proved fruitful in eliciting user- -centric information, usable also for technical design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery ACM
Pages	805-808
ISBN (Print)	978-1-60558-934-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1869034
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10 - Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 16 Oct 2010 → 20 Oct 2010

Conference

Conference	6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10
Abbreviated title	NordiCHI 2010
Country/Territory	Iceland
City	Reykjavik
Period	16/10/10 → 20/10/10

Keywords

role playing
method
use context
H5.2 User Interfaces
User-centered design
Theory and methods

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Valkonen, P & Liinasuo, M 2010, Role playing with fire fighters: using a worst case scenario and verbal re-enactment in the role play. in Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10 . Association for Computing Machinery ACM, pp. 805-808, 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1869034

Role playing with fire fighters: using a worst case scenario and verbal re-enactment in the role play. / Valkonen, Paula; Liinasuo, Marja.
Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI '10 . Association for Computing Machinery ACM, 2010. p. 805-808.

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