March 2005
March 8, 2005
UPA Auckland - Prototyping
Paper Prototypes, basic usability testing and iterative design
UPA promotes the design of successful products, software, documentation, services, and branding...but how do you know if your products, software, documentation etc are going to be successful?
Don't just build it and hope!
Paper prototyping and testing with users can help evaluate design. With these low cost techniques you can be more sure of the reception your designs will get from your users.
Bring:
- A3 paper
- A pair of scissors
- Pencils and an eraser
- Post-It notes
- An open mind
Location: Bank of New Zealand, 125 Queen Street
$10 cash at the door
RSVPs and questions: miriamwalker[at]acm[dot]
March 29, 2005
Auckland UPA - Testing with users, using the results
This month we continue our occassional series on usability skills with a focus on testing.
Last session we covered Paper Prototyping. If you weren't able to attend the last session don't worry, you will be fine this session. For those interested in learning more about paper prototyping we recommend Carolyn Snyder's Paper Prototyping book.
This session we look more at how to run usability testing.
We will be:
- Defining the audience for our website
- Designing usability testing tasks
- Running a task-based usability testing session using a sample website (provided)
- Talking about how to use the results
Bring:
- Lined paper
- A pair of scissors
- Pencils and an eraser
- An open mind
Location: Bank of New Zealand, 125 Queen Street
$10 cash at the door
RSVPs and questions: miriamwalker[at]acm[dot]org