With RITE, UX teams examine interface alternatives in a short time, evolving a more usable final design more quickly than with traditional usability testing methods.
Agile software development is adaptive rather than predictive and people-oriented rather than process-oriented. Several activities at UPA 2009 discussed shared experiences of working in Agile environments.
A workshop at UPA 2009 continued previous discussions on Agile and user-centered design. Workshop participants exchanged best practices, success factors, challenges, and solutions.
UX professionals should start an outreach program to convince executives who make IT purchasing decisions that user experience knowledge can impact their business.
A well-documented and researched usability maturity assessment, addressing different organizational viewpoints, is a good first step in improving usability capability.
Instead of attempting to convert your organization to the language of UCD, communicate by incorporating the terms of product managers and developers into your team.
UX teams must extend the role of usability evaluation to the “off-the-shelf” software procurement process itself.
Organizations that manage and measure their user experience process, benchmark against competitors and reach the next level, gain the revenue benefits from satisfied customers.
If we measure based on product success and not timeline adherence, the garbage in, garbage out rule still compromises our daily professional contribution.
Flexible, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology is about to revolutionize the world of portable computing, making mobile phones lighter and more durable.
User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International supports people who research, design, and evaluate the user experience (UX) of products and services.
