UX for Developers : How to Integrate User-Centered Design Principles into Your Day-To-Day Development Work /: How to Integrate User-Centered Design Principles into Your Day-To-Day Development Work. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: User experience for developers
• Further Information: Note: Westley Knight.
• Authors: Knight, Westley
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is User Experience?; Defining User Experience; Misconceptions of UX Design; UX Is Not UI; UX Is Not Usability; UX Is Not Just Part of a Process; UX Is Not Only About the User; UX Is Not the Responsibility of Someone Else; The Core Disciplines of User Experience; User Research; Content Strategy; Information Architecture; Interaction Design; Visual Design; Usability Evaluation; Summary; Chapter 2: The Importance of User Experience; UX from the Business Perspective The Various States of UX MaturityThe Lower Levels of UX Maturity; The Medium Levels of UX Maturity; The Higher Levels of UX Maturity; The Costs Due to Lack of a User-Centered Design Process; A Real-World Example; User Experience Is No Longer an Optional Extra; The ROI of UX Design; A Scenario for Calculating ROI; UX Is Everyone's Responsibility; Summary; Chapter 3: Business Objectives vs. User Goals; Business Goals Transcend User Needs; Measuring Success; Defining Business Objectives; Defining User Goals; Making Business and User Goals Work Together; Striking the Balance; Summary Chapter 4: Adjusting the Developer PerspectiveDeveloper Decisions Impact the User Experience; Developers Make Design Decisions Every Day; Wider Benefits of Adopting a User-Centered Approach; The Circles of Influence and Concern; Developer Experience Is Second to User Experience; Design Competency; Putting People Before the System; Making the Complex Simple; Maintaining a Flexible Perspective; Summary; Chapter 5: The Importance of Communication; Learning a Different Type of Skill; Developer Insight Is an Essential Ingredient; A Set of Guiding Principles for Better Communication Encouragement Trumps CriticismBecome More Modest; Become More Empathetic; Become More Positive; Listen to Others; Provide Clarity; Improving Designer/Developer Relationships; Breaking Down Barriers; Understanding the Needs of Your Team; Put Your Ego to One Side; The Curse of Knowledge: Assumptions and the Obvious; Beyond Verbal Communication; Summary; Chapter 6: Focusing on the User; You Are Not Your User; The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions; Reducing Cognitive Load; The Myth of Miller's Number; The Truth of Hick's Law; Deriving Simplicity from Complexity; Minimizing Choice Avoid Unnecessary ElementsMake the System Do the Work; Users Are Not Stupid; Utilize Recognized Patterns; Summary; Chapter 7: Building Empathy; User Research; Contextual Inquiry; Focus Groups; Individual Interviews; Card Sorting; Task Analysis; Building Upon the Foundations of User Research; Empathy Mapping; User Says; User Thinks; User Does; User Feels; Pains; Gains; Personas; Why Personas Are More Useful Than Jobs-to-Be-Done; The Foundations of a Good Persona; Demographics; Personal Information; Attitudinal Information; Behavioral Information; Motivations and Goals; Populating Your Personas How to Utilize Personas
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Apress
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (178 pages)
• Subjects: 004.2/1; User-centered system design; User-centered system design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484242278; 1484242270
• Related ISBNs: 9781484242261
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019).
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