Usability & Prototyping

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Usability + Prototyping Uday M. Shankar | Yahoo! Bangalore India

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Who am i   Been in UI/UX space for 11 years   Present: Owns PROTOTYPING in Yahoo! India   Past: Was with Nokia Bangalore   Tweets at @udayms   Blogs at udayms.wordpress.com

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User Interface Design Facilitating the user to perform a specific task in a specific context in a fast and efficient manner by leveraging the power of technology and design. USER TASK CONTEXT

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As Design Evolves Low fidelity Less functional detail Static Less formal testing Disposable Paper Understand Explore & Validate Communicate High fidelity More functional detail Interactive More formal testing Re-purpose-able Code

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Age old Process

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‘New’ Process 1 Visual Designer Interac9on Designer Developer

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‘New’ Process 2 Visual Designer Interac9on Designer Developer Usability Tester

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‘Another’ New Process Visual Designer Interac9on Designer Prototyper User Research Rapid Itera9ons

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I Recommend Designer Designer Prototyper User Research User Research Rapid Itera9ons

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Why?  Going back to the drawing board is not a problem!  Documented design evolution  Sign off on design decisions

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Do Awesome Stuff! Save Money Save Time Save Effort

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Prototypes

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Know your User

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Know your Competition

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Know your Goals

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Evaluate Market Value

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Evaluate Technical Feasibility

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Evaluate Design

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Evaluate User Experience

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Remember!  Keep it quick & dirty  Beware of Feature creep  Dont let ‘legacy’ design for you  Dont let design bias your user