Course Code:
bspuxi
Duration:
14 hours
Course Outline:
1. Guiding Principles
- Key principles of user centred design
- Introduction of ISO9241 as an important standard in the field of usability
- Clarify the differences between usability and user experience
- Confidently identify user needs and goals
2. User Research
- State proper components of use
- Craft methods of target audience interviewing
- Define difference between observation and interpretation
- Gather and analyse qualified user data
- Develop research techniques and methods
3. Illustrating The Context Of Use
- Identify potential users of your product or system
- Create your product personas, interpret their needs
- Clarify the Hick’s Law principle of relation between number of choices of user interface and the cognitive load
- State and manage the elements of user stories
4. Measuring Usability
- Define usability in different terms of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction
- Use behavioural data to identify good and poor design ideas
- Choose between design alternatives using a/b testing method
- Explain the value of iterative design