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“If you are a young designer entering or contemplating
entering the UX field this is a canonical book. If you are an
organization that really needs to start grokking UX this book is
also for you. " -- Chris Bernard, User Experience Evangelist,
Microsoft
User experience design is the discipline of creating a useful and
usable Web site or application—one that’s easily
navigated and meets the needs of both the site owner and its users.
But there’s a lot more to successful UX design than knowing
the latest Web technologies or design trends: It takes diplomacy,
project management skills, and business savvy. That’s where
this book comes in. Authors Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler show
you how to integrate UX principles into your project from start to
finish.
• Understand the various roles in UX design, identify
stakeholders, and enlist their support
• Obtain consensus from your team on project objectives
• Define the scope of your project and avoid mission
creep
• Conduct user research and document your findings
• Understand and communicate user behavior with
personas
• Design and prototype your application or site
• Make your product findable with search engine
optimization
• Plan for development, product rollout, and ongoing quality
assurance
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"The Essential Beginner's Guide to UX Design" - by Rachel Greaves on 01-FEB-2010
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If you're new (or not so new) to UX design you will get value from this book.
Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler's A Project Guide to UX Design: For User Experience Designers in the Field or in the Making, offers a broad discussion about UX Design techniques and the realities of UX practice.
Topics covered include an overview of UX design, user testing and research techniques, managing a UX design project, proposals and contracts, milestones and payment.
This is not a once-to-read, linear book. While you certainly can read it in a linear fashion this is likely to be the book you'll keep handy on your shelf. Keep it close for those times when someone asks a tricky question and you want to say something more than "it depends".
In addition to the technical UX design discussion in this book you'll find sensible and easy to apply advice on managing a project (including client expectations, payment, legal) from start to finish.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in UX or manages web or software projects.
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