Match between System and Real World
Match between System and Real World refers to the idea that a product should speak the user’s language and behave in the way a user would expect it to.
a. Gulf of Execution occurs when customers have a goal but do not know how to translate that goal into executable actions with the product.
b. Gulf of Evaluation occurs when a product gives a user information that can’t be translated into something meaningful to the user.
Here are some links:
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-glossary-of-human-computer-interaction/gulf-of-evaluation-and-gulf-of-execution
http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/VideoPage.php?course=HCI&video=GulfOfExecution&speed=100
Contributed by Amelia Miller, Maria McLaughlin, and Maia Suazo-Maler.
