to face interviewing Creation of user tests Gathering and organizing data Creating personas Product design Feature writing Requirement writing Graphic arts Interaction design Information architecture Usability Prototyping Interface layout Taxonomy creation Terminology creation Copywriting Presenting and speaking Working tightly with programmers Brainstorm coordination Design culture evangelism
solve Shares the knowledge about the users Finds, analyzes and processes data Looks after the quality of processes Understands the technology and the busines Designs and looks after the consistency of the product
the product is being created) 1 Benchmarking competitive solutions (I know how others did it) 3 Technical background (I know the technical limitations affecting my work) 4 Designing (I know how to design it) 5 Testing (I am sure my design is good) 6 Supervising and supporting the implementation (I am sure my design is being implemented correctly) 7 Gathering data about the end user (I know who the product is being created for) 2
the product like their property 3 They don’t always say what they think, and sometimes they lie (also unconsciously) 4 5 We are not the users of the product we’re making Changes annoy them 2 A FEW TRUTHS ABOUT THE USERS
review the visual layer and the placement of the elements (usability) 3. We also don’t know whether the users stumble upon any problems on this page 2. We don’t know who uses this page and what their expectations are
frustrated with the lack of instructions for beginner users Test participants aged below 25 were self-confident and wanted to discover the hidden features of the app and the meaning behind the icons Źródło: https://www.usertesting.com/blog/2015/04/21/snapchat/
were interested in the additional features (Stories / Discover) and devoted the most time to them The members of the oldest group were disoriented and couldn’t focus on the entertainment. They were still trying to figure out the main function of the app Źródło: https://www.usertesting.com/blog/2015/04/21/snapchat/
who weren’t convinced to using the app and to the app itself in general Many members of the youngest group said they did not see any particular advantage of the app over the other ones, but they still felt like “someone had designed it for them” Źródło: https://www.usertesting.com/blog/2015/04/21/snapchat/ The members of the oldest group indicated “a generation gap”