evaluation and communication of personal financial information. Practice- and application-oriented (Type A) Supervised by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Buurman and Dr. Karmen Franinović 2 Visual Instruments for Personal Finances
context Decided to focus on «leasure» and this has impact on the user activities and the visual and functional design of the application. Flesh out the prototypes based on the user activities In order to be able to test interaction techniques and attributes. Too many visualization attributes to consider them all Based on the research questions and considering the user context, the following are most important: Directness, movement, speed and proximity. 5
[a] impact my wealth? How does an increase in [b] impact my wealth? How would my liquidity look like in the case of [c]? Can I afford to buy [d]? When can I afford to increase my spending for [e]? How much do I spend on [f]? How do I have to change my spending to achieve [g]? Do other people spend as much as I am on [h] If I didn't do [i], how would my wealth look like? … 8
Explore: show me something else Reconfigure: show me a different arrangement Encode: show me a different representation Level of Detail: show me more or less detail Filter: show me something conditionally Connect: show me related items 15 J. S. Yi, Y. A. Kang, J. T. Stasko, and J. A. Jacko, “Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Role of Interaction in Information Visualization,” Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 13, no. 6.
static → dynamic Proximity: precise → proximate Speed: delaying → rapid Connectivity: independent → networked Continuity: discrete → continuous Orderliness: random → orderly Proximity: precise → proximate Pace: slow → fast Resolution: scarce → dense State: fixed vs. changing Time-depth: concurrent → sequential 17 Y.-K. Lim, E. Stolterman, H. Jung, and J. Donaldson, “Interaction gestalt and the design of aesthetic interactions,” presented at the DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces, 2007.
simple applications that are able to answer specific questions individually. Format The right format feels less like work and more like enterntainment, exploration, play, challenge. User Experience The user should feel comfortable navigating his information and answering his questions. 20
principles can be embedded in the information visualization design process. Verified The design principles are veryfied and tested by a group of practitioners. State of the Art The design principles are in line with the current research and literature. 21 Pontis, S., 2010. Methodological approaches for diagramming information. Pontis, S., 2009. Design method for mapping complex information (MapCI). Kirk, A., 2013. Data Visualization: A Successful Design Process.
the test environment. Evaluation and iteration of the prototypes and the test environment. Within the next days, I will roll out more experiments to a group of users that I haven’t talked to. Principles Identify the design principles. Formulate how to apply them. Discuss them with the group of practitioners and my mentors. 26