Digitalization in work environment has been a trend in recent years and has profound impact on the way people work. We see the application of digital technologies in workplace greatly benefits people’s daily work, but we also notice health problems such as stress and pressure caused by poorly designed software systems. Two methods, to be used in software development, were proposed to improve the user experience of the software systems. The methods, Contextual Persona method and Contextual Think-Aloud method are supposed to extend IT professionals’ understanding of contextual factors when developing software systems. In this paper, we study students’ perception on the usage of the contextual methods through questionnaire-based survey. We identified the positive and negative aspects of using the contextual methods, and suggestions for improvement. Moreover, we conclude that using the contextual methods is helpful to deliver software systems that are well suited in users’ work environment, and therefore provide a better user experience for the users.

Laura Linney has an extensive education and experience in performance, which has influenced her to create a well-defined methodology when she approaches new roles. She uses a dialectical approach to performance. This approach has two parts as she outlined in a personal interview: phase one is her research, education, understanding of the script, and previous experiences working together to create a character, while phase two is her release of control over the character and the opportunity for the text (film or otherwise) and role to take on their own distinct personalities. This means that Linney eventually gives up agency over her characters in order for them to be effective and successful in the whole of a film. In effect, her characters are created by numerous influences within and outside her range of control. My intentions in this article are to prove that this dialectical methodology is prominent within all aspects of Laura Linney?s performances. In fact, I suggest that her utilization of this technique is what makes her a dynamic, effective, and unique actress. The dialectical nature of her performance techniques can be observed most effectively in specific breakthrough moments within her films. These moments exist most prominently in Linney?s films that are rooted in close character analysis like You Can Count On Me, The Savages, and the HBO mini-series John Adams. Close textual analyses of these scenes show a dramatic hiatus from the standard performance that she has used to help build a character. They show distinct differences between characters, which reinforces my point that each role is not only mandated by Linney?s creative power over her acting, but also a complete release of this control. They highlight how Linney allows herself to be directed and molded to develop deep, complex characters that work organically within the greater text of the film.

När det kommer till allmänt skapande så anser jag att det handlar mycket om att komma på idéer. Att ta vara på sina vardagliga möten och sin omgivning runt omkring sig kan vara användbart material för att bli inspirerad och motiverad till att skapa något. Från arkitekter som ritar hus till tekniker som skapar inom medieteknik, så har många idéer inspirerats från någon grund, för att sedan fått existens. I mitt fall har jag inspirerats av Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940) och fått idéen att testa skapa en metod om hur karaktärer kan frambringas med stöd av instrumentalmusik. Oavsett när det kommer till film, spel eller litteraturer så har karaktärer en oerhört stor betydelse i alla typer av berättelser. Det finns till visshet en mångfald olika sätt hur karaktärer kan skapas och jag har haft som mål att skapa en egen metod för de som är i behov eller har intresse av skapa karaktärer. I detta kandidatarbete kommer mitt tillvägagångssätt presenteras om hur jag har skapat tre olika karaktärer med hjälp av tre olika instrumentallåtar. I detta kandidatarbete kommer det presenteras forskning om hur vi kan uppleva musik, användbar information om karaktärsskapande och vilka metoder jag har använt mig av under min karaktärprocess. I slutet har tre stycken grundkaraktärer frambringats med hjälp från mina tre utvalda instrumentallåtar, och en gestaltning kommer introducera förslag om hur karaktärerna kan se ut. / I think when it comes to overall creation, it's a lot about getting ideas. When it comes to finding ideas, I think it’s about paying attention to your everyday meetings and surroundings to find useful materials that can be inspiring and create motivation to design. From architects who draw houses, to technicians who create in media technology, so have many ideas been inspired for some kind of basic. In my case, I have been inspired by Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940) and got the idea of ​​trying to create a method about how characters can be produced with help from instrumental music. When it comes to movies, games or literatures, characters have a enormous importance in all kinds of stories. There are surely a variety of ways in how characters can be created, and my goal in this bachelor thesis have been to create an usable method for those who are in need or have interest in creating characters. In this bachelor thesis, my approach will be presented, about how I’ve created three different characters with help of using three different instrumental songs. In this bachelor thesis will research be presented on how we can experience music, useful information about character creation, and the methods that have been used in my character process. In the end, three different basic characters will be presented with various personalities and a design will introduce proposals on how the characters might look like.