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Role Modeling

Pregatit de: Cristina Gheorghiu Data: 04.05.2015

  Adina Suciu

  Daniel Mihai

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Agenda

1. What is Role Modeling?

2. Role Modeling Steps

3. Personas and Extreme Characters

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1. What is Role Modeling?

 

 Creating role models gives ou the o!!ortunit to descri"e sstem

#unctionalities #rom the !ers!ective o# various users$ rather than a single one

 Modeling roles means:

identi#ing the individual users %ho interact %ith our sstem$ each one havingdi##erent e&!eriences$ "ac'grounds and goals

grou!ing the individual users into user roles

ser role! a collection o# de#ining attri"utes that characteri(e a !o!ulation o#

users and their intended interactions %ith the sstem

)ather than assigning individual !ermissions to each user$ !ermissions are

assigned to roles and roles are assigned to users.

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2. Role modeling steps

Ste!s to identi# and select a use#ul set o# user roles:

1. "rainstorm an initial set o# user roles!

.Stic' to identi#ing roles that re!resent a single user 

.*denti# sstem roles: non+human roles

.,usiness roles vs. a!!lication roles

Who "usiness role Application roleMario -uman )esources Partner o" !oster  

Savannah Administration De!artment o" !oster  

Delane -uman )esources Manager o" !oster  

Mario -uman )esources Partner )esume reader  

Delane -uman )esources Manager )esume reader  

Scott College Grad o" see'er  

 Anna /nem!loed o" see'er 

Delane -uman )esources Manager )ecruiter  

isa Manager )ecruiter  

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2. Role modeling steps

2. $rgani%e the initial set o# user roles

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2. Role modeling steps

3. Consolidate the user roles!

Consolidating the roles that

are euivalent )i!!ing u! the user roles that are

unim!ortant to the success o# the

sstem

S!eciali(ing user roles

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2. Role modeling steps

&. Re#ine the user roles + de#ining role attri"utes #or each user role$ in

order to "etter see the di##erences "et%een roles:

he #reuenc %ith %hich the user %ill use the so#t%are.

he user3s level o# e&!ertise %ith the domain.

he user3s general level o# !ro#icienc %ith com!uters and so#t%are.

he user3s level o# !ro#icienc %ith the so#t%are "eing develo!ed.

he user3s general goal #or using the so#t%are. Some users are a#ter

convenience$ others #avor a rich e&!erience$ and so on.

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3. Personas and extreme characters

  A persona is an imaginar re!resentation o# a user role$ an e&am!le o#

the 'ind o# !erson %ho %ould interact %ith the sstem

 Personas are created using real names$ !ersonalities$ motivations$ and

o#ten even a !hoto

 A !ersona should "e descri"ed su##icientl that everone on the team

#eels li'e the 'no% the !ersona.

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3. Personas and extreme characters

he techniue o# using extreme characters consists o# creating users

%ith e&aggerated !ersonalities %hen designing a sstem

*t is ver !ossi"le that considering e&treme characters %ill lead ou to

#unctionalities ou %ould "e li'el to miss other%ise.

&am!les o# e&treme characters: a !regnant lad searching #or a !art+time

 o"$ a drug+addict %ho ust got out o# reha"