human-computer interaction should be analysed with task as a reference. In the observations that we carried out within our research, we started by maintaining the user as our focus. However, as we continued and tried to solidify our approach in identifying design strategies for mobile systems, we found that identifying the user’s broader “mission”, and narrower/more specific task or activity leads to a deeper level of clarity in identifying the nuts and bolts of design specification in achieving the philosophies of user-centred design