The assignment activities will be split into: exploratory research into responsive design and UX development; and, user testing. Exploratory Research and Development: Exploratory research is research...

The assignment activities will be split into: exploratory research into responsive design and UX development; and, user testing.
 Exploratory Research and Development: Exploratory research is research that will help you identify improvements for future site designs. A recognised exploratory research method is Heuristic Evaluation (or expert review). We want you to apply heuristics as a mode of inquiry to support requirements gathering for a new site.

This is a benchmarking activity and should be applied to three competitor websites. This activity will help you evaluate and identify new features based around: responsiveness; page design; and, information architecture (site mapping). This research will provide data and features to support the benchmarking exercise.
 So, using theories in usability we want you to:
 a. Apply the Heuristic framework. This framework will help you evaluate, compare and benchmark the websites.
 b. Gather data to compare and rank the features informing the research.
 c. Design a new UI using wireframes. The wireframes will present a new interface for the homepage and services page which are informed by the Heuristic analysis.
 d. Design a new site map which will present the overall architecture of the new website