Sari A. Laakso

 

University Lecturer

University of Helsinki

Dept. of Computer Science

Email salaakso@iki.fi

Mobile +358 50 505 9960


 

Founder, Managing Director & Interaction Designer

Interacta Design Oy

Email sari@interacta.fi

Mobile +358 50 505 9960

 

 


Professional Expertise

Author of Simulation-Based Design with the Goal-Derived Design (GDD) method

Development of the goal-driven process model GUIDe [Finnish] [English]

User interface design patterns [Suunnittelumallikokoelma 2006]

Field studies for finding out the user’s goals and workflows

Usability review and testing methods

 


Lecturing and Teaching

Simulation-based User Interface Design (6 cu)

Spring 2012 (in Finnish)

Spring 2013 (in Finnish)

Spring 2015 (in Finnish)

 

Evaluation Methods for User Interfaces (6 cu)

Spring 2014 (in Finnish)

Spring 2016 (in Finnish)

 

Seminars on user interfaces (2 cu)

Visualization in User Interface Design (Fall 2002) (in Finnish)

User Interface Design Process: from Goals to Design (Fall 2003) (in Finnish)

Testing Methods for User Interfaces (Spring 2006) (in Finnish)

Influences of User Interface Design on Software Processes (Spring 2007) (in Finnish)

Visualization in User Interface Design (Fall 2012) (in Finnish)

Evaluation methods for utility and usability (Fall 2013) (in Finnish)

User Interface Design Process (Fall 2014) (in Finnish)

Prototypes in User Interface Design (Fall 2015) (in Finnish)

 

User Interfaces (4 cu)

Spring 1998

Spring 1999

Spring 2000

Spring 2001

Spring 2002

Spring 2004

Spring 2005

Spring 2006

 

User Interfaces II (3 cu)

Fall 1999

Fall 2000

Fall 2002

Fall 2004 (in Finnish)

Fall 2006 (in Finnish)

 

Software engineering projects on user interface design (6 cu)

Different topics, e.g. movie ticket reservation.

 


Research on User Interfaces

Simulation-Based Design (2015) [pdf 2.5 MB, in Finnish]
Sari A. Laakso

Course material. University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science, 2015.

Simulation-Based Design has been developed by Sari A. Laakso with the assistance of her colleagues. The Goal-Derived Design (GDD) is the core of Simulation-Based Design. The method is unique and systematic, but it has common characteristics of well-known usability methods.

Simulointipohjainen käyttöliittymäsuunnittelu (viimeisin kurssitoteutus 2015) [pdf 2.5 MB]
Sari A. Laakso

Kurssin luentomoniste. Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, 2015.

Sisältää kuvauksen käyttöliittymälähtöisestä, simultointipohjaisesta Goal-Derived Design (GDD) -suunnittelumenetelmästä vanhan materiaalin pohjalta päivitettynä. Lisäksi sisältää käytettävyyteen liittyvien käsitteiden määrittelyn hyödyllisellä tavalla simulointipohjaisen suunnittelun (Simulation-Based Design) soveltamista varten.

 

Käyttöliittymät 2006 [pdf 25 MB]
Sari A. Laakso, Antti Latva-Koivisto

Luentomoniste, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, sarja D-2006-1, 2006.

 

Käyttöliittymät 2005 [pdf 27 MB]
Sari A. Laakso

Luentomoniste, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, sarja D424, 2005.

 

Käyttöliittymien suunnittelumallit (kokoelma esimerkkeineen) [pdf 2 MB]
Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Antti Latva-Koivisto

Käyttöliittymät II –kurssin luentomateriaali, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, 24.11.2004.

 

Collection of User Interface Design Patterns
Sari A. Laakso

University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science, September 16, 2003.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/salaakso/patterns/

 

Ensuring quality of the user interface with the GUIDe process model [pdf]
Sari A. Laakso, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science
Karri-Pekka Laakso, Interacta Design Oy

University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science, unpublished paper, October 3, 2004.

 

Hyvän käyttöliittymän varmistaminen GUIDe-prosessimallilla [pdf]

Edellisen suomenkielinen versio

 

Field Studies – Evolution and Revolution [pdf]

Dennis Wixon, Microsoft, USA

Judy Ramey, University of Washington, USA

Karen Holtzblatt, Hugh Beyer, InContext Enterprises, USA

JoAnn Hackos, The Center for Information Development Management, USA

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Interacta Design Oy, Finland

Colleen Phillips Page, Microsoft, USA

Stephanie Rosenbaum, Ted-Ed, USA

CHI 2002 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York.

CHI 2002 Practitioner’s Track

 

Problems with Save [pdf]
Sari A. Laakso, Interacta Design Oy
Karri-Pekka Laakso, University of Helsinki
Panu Vartiainen and Asko Saura, Interacta Design Oy

CHI 2001 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York, p. 185-186.

CHI 2001 Interactive Posters

 

Pattern Languages for Interaction Design, position paper [pdf]

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Asko J. Saura, University of Helsinki

CHI 2000 Workshop Pattern Languages for Interaction Design, Hague, Netherlands.

 

Improved Scroll Bars [pdf]

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Asko J. Saura, University of Helsinki

CHI 2000 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York, p. 97-98.

CHI 2000 Interactive Posters

 

 


 

Updated September 10, 2016 / salaakso@iki