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User Centred Design

Taking the U out of USERBy: Jax Wechsler

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• A Bit About Me

• User Centred Design (UCD)

• Usability

• UCD Process & Tools

• Resources

Outline

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• Grad. Cert. in Digital Media

• Grad. Cert. in IT

• Masters in IT (Research)

• Over 12 years online experience

My Experience

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A common problem....

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“We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are”- The Talmud

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User Centred Design

The central premise of user centred design is that the best designed products and services result from understanding the needs of the

people who will use them.- UK Design Council

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User Centred DesignThe process we follow to ensure

high usabilityi.e. "The extent to which a product can be used by

specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a

specified context of use." ISO 9241-11

http://www.usability.gov/http://www.usabilitynet.org

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helps us to makes things easier to

LEARN and USEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/45364450@N05/4580747339/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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gets cross-disciplinary teams

on the SAME PAGEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/45364450@N05/4580747339/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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UNDERSTAND

UCD Process

DESIGN

EVALUATE

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Rinse & repeat...http://www.flickr.com/photos/fvanharreveld/3589454845/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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1UNDERSTAND

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Knowing your users

NEEDSEXPECTATIONS

GOALS & TASKS

FEELINGS

EXPERIENCE

THOUGHTS

CONTEXT OF USE

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Telephone Staffhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/plenty/3360322975/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Contextual Inquiryhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/springreen/72964726/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Web Analyticshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/batiks/7610535900/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Card Sortinghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/batiks/7610535900/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Tools to think withhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/herebythewaybut/3991496680/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP EXAMPLEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/maureenhanratty/3397835918/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Personan. a model of human behaviour that is- derived from contextual research data- described as if it were a real person- promote shared understanding/empathy- used in stories to envision the future

http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/diana.mounter/the-role-of-personas-in-usercentred-design

http://www.uxforthemasses.com/personas/http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/kmc_personas/index.html

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PERSONA EXMPLEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/flexeflix/4266820921/sizes/z/in/photostream/

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EMPATHY MAP EXAMPLEhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/2380465521/lightbox/

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Scenarios

a scenario is a description of a persona using a product to achieve a goal,

they describe an instance of use…in context.

http://infodesign.com.au/usabilityresources/scenarios/

http://uxthink.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/using_scenarios/

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Stories about your personashttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27980022@N04/4937974941/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Understanding how others may see things

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Scenariosassist us to think about use in contextassist us to think about problems and

opportunities in current designflesh out & evaluate a concept from multiple

perspectives

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Use in context

http://uxthink.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/using_scenarios/

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Creating Scenarios> Who is the persona involved?> What triggers the experience?> What happens?> What is the outcome?

Focus on the activities people do, & the context in which they do them

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2 DESIGN

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Collaborative designworkshopshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27980022@N04/4937974941/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Sketch, sketch & sketchhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/amherd/3527566865/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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3VALIDATION

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Talk to people& validate your sketches

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Test your prototypes & existing sites

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Testing incentiveshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mcordell/4116728205/sizes/o/in/photostream/

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THINGS TO CONSIDER....

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You are communicating

information to different kinds

of people

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UX  Honeycomb  by  Peter  Morville,

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You are NOT your user (& neither is your manager)

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Books

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http://jaxinteractive.comjax@jaxinteractive.com

QUESTIONS?

http://uxthink.wordpress.comtwitter: @jacwex

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