Mission Possible—from design research to prototype in 2 days or less.
Thu, 2009-01-15 03:11 — Joe Sokohl, Todd Zaki Warfel
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You’ve done user research. Now what? Join us for this hands-on session to learn how to interpret research data, prioritize findings, and create actionable design research items. Learn about the task analysis grid, how to create data-driven personas, and what the persona DNA model is.
Find out how to use actionable design research to inform your prototype. We’ll discuss 8 guiding principles that will help you avoid common mistakes made during prototyping. And finally, we’ll discuss a number of prototyping methods and give a number of tips and techniques for common prototyping tools.
Process/Mechanics
- 5 minutes—introduction to design research
- 10 minutes—data-driven personas and the persona DNA model
- 10 minutes—the task analysis grid
- 5 minutes—prioritizing research and making actionable design research
- 10 minutes—break
- 15 minutes—8 guiding principles
- 30 minutes—prototyping methods, tips, and techniques
- 5 minutes—wrap up
Learning outcomes
- How to make data-driven design decisions.
- How to communicate design research to other team members.
- How to create actionable design research items.
- How to incorporate agile methods into a UX practice, specifically rapid iterations.
- How to incorporate UX and design research methods into the agile process.
- Tips and techniques for prototyping tools like paper, Fireworks, Axure, and HTML.
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