User Experience Re-Mastered

Elsevier Science and Technology, November 2009, Pages: 396

Good user interface design isn't just about aesthetics or using the latest technology. Designers also need to ensure their product is offering an optimal user experience. This requires user needs analysis, usability testing, persona creation, prototyping, design sketching, and evaluation through-out the design and development process. User Experience Re-Mastered takes tried and tested material from best-selling books in Morgan Kaufmann's Series in Interactive Technologies and presents it in typical project framework. Chauncey Wilson guides the reader through each chapter, introducing each stage, explaining its context, and emphasizing its significance in the user experience lifecycle. This gives readers practical and easily applicable direction for creating web sites and web applications that ensure the ultimate experience. A must read for students, those new to the field, and anyone designing interfaces for people!

- A guided, hands-on tour through the process of creating the ultimate user experience - from testing, to prototyping, to design, to evaluation

- Provides tried and tested material from best sellers in Morgan Kaufmann's Series in Interactive Technologies

- Presents material from luminaries field in a straightforward, easy to digest format ideal for students and those new to the field

Part I- Usability Chapter 1: Usability Engineering, by Jakob Nielsen Chapter 2: Usability for the Web, by Tom Brinck Chapter 3: Understanding Your Users, by Cathrine Courage Part II- Generating Ideas Chapter 4: Handbook of UCD Methods, by Chauncey Wilson Chapter 5: Sketching User Experiences, by Bill Buxton Chapter 6: The Persona Lifecycle, by John Pruitt Chapter 7: Effective Prototyping for Software Makers, by Jonathan Arnowitz

Part III- Designing Your Site Chapter 8: User Interface Design and Evaluation, by Debbie Stone

Part IV-Evaluation & Analysis Chapter 9: Evaluating Your Product, by Debbie Stone Chapter 10: Observing the User, by Mike Kuniavsky Chapter 11: User Interface Design and Evaluation, by Debbie Stone Chapter 12: User Interface Design and Evaluation, by Debbie Stone

Wilson, Chauncey

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