Innovations in Card Sorting

Date and time:
May 24, 2007
7:00-9:00 p.m. Program
6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner at La Madeleine for those who would like to join us (directions below)

Location:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
4805 Edgemoor Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814

Description:

Card sorting is familiar to many in the user experience field because it is a useful way to learn how our users think and how information can be organized in a way that makes sense to them. In this interactive session we will:

• Get an overview of the card sorting method and some common variations such as open/closed card sorting and in person/remote card sorting.
• Learn about an interesting new innovation: applying the Delphi method to card sorting, which addresses some disadvantages of card sorting.
• Discuss other innovations and variations on card sorting.

The Delphi method is an interactive forecasting technique that incorporates the dialectic of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis to reach an unbiased consensus from a group of experts or users. It has been successfully applied to interviewing techniques and has the potential to be applied to card sort methods. This adaptation could allow card sorting exercises to be done with fewer participants and may yield more reliable results.

This session will introduce the Delphi method and show how it can be applied to card sorting. We will also discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of this approach and of other variations on card sorting.

Biographies:
Celeste Paul is Senior Interaction Architect at User-Centered Design in Ashburn, Virginia. Her research interests include the display of and interaction with information in various environments. She is also involved in various open source software (OSS) projects, advocating and improving software usability and development models which support integrated design. Projects she is involved with include the K Desktop Environment, OpenUsability, and Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Registration:
Registration has now closed.

Cost:
$5 Members
$15 Non-members

Directions to Dinner:
La Madeleine is located at 7607 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814. The restaurant is a short walk from the Bethesda Metro stop.
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