Extra Credit Reading Response Assignments

You will be responsible for the answers to the following questions on the Final Exam. Feel free to answer them using the Reading Response Question format for extra credit by the days indicated:

Monday, 10 November at noon:
Read Bootcamp Bootleg pp. 1 – 5 and answer the following reading response questions:

1. What are the seven D.Mindsets and what is the main conclusion you draw from them collectively? Which is the most challenging for you?
2. What are the “Five Modes” identified in Bootcamp Bootleg? What is the importance of each of the five? In which of them do you see yourself as most likely to work?

Wednesday, 12 November at noon:
Read Bootcamp Bootleg pp. 6, 8 – 10 and answer the following questions:

1. What is the benefit of assuming a beginner’s mindset? How might you adopt one on this project?
2. What is the purpose of a user-camera study? What does it involve? 
3. Why is it necessary to prepare for interviews? 

Monday, 17 November at noon:
Read Bootcamp Bootleg pp. 10 - 11, and 17 and answer the following reading response questions:

1. What are the stages of an interview with empathy? 
2. Who might be the “extreme users” in your current project situation? What might you be able to learn uniquely from them?
3. What are the benefits of creating a composite character profile (aka a persona)?