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creating usable apps @mennenia

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bug free?

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SMooth animations?

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syncs via icloud?

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not exactly…

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Usability Studies

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Usability Studies ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Usability Studies ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Usability Studies ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Usability Studies

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Usability Studies The practicalities

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let’s have some fun

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Different types of feedback

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user study

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pain points

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Analytics, right?

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Where to start fixing?

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(Fundamental) Addition

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Basics

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goal

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What are you working on right now?

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If you could find out one thing

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What would it be?

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Goal of the session

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Yes, write it down

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How do we answer that?

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How to extract this info from another human?

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Elements

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A Working Prototype A person A set of tasks

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working prototype 1

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code or click-through

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a person (or five) 2

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5 sessions will catch 80% of issues

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a discussion guide 3

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tasks relating back to your goal

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significant exposure of the feature

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Don’t tell them how. Tell them what to do.

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example

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bit.ly/1NoZAOg

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your turn

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bit.ly/1KDmH7h

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let’s discuss

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running the sessions

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keeping them at ease observe everything

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keeping them at ease 1

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Nothing is their fault

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testing the product, Not you

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Emojo’s cool

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Equally, we’re not testing you

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Observing all 2

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keep them talking

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watch out for things

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prompt them

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Be a therapist

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This is the useful stuff

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your turn

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how did that go?

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when do I test?

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as early as possible

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catch conceptual mistakes before committing too much code

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how often?

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Rinse. Repeat.

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Usability Studies!

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find people and try it

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SEeing is believing

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Thank you

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@mennenia questions?