General Assembly's UXDi - Week 5

"No matter how good your interface is, it would be better if there were less of it." -Alan Cooper

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Topics Covered This Week

  • Interface Design Patterns
  • Journey Mapping
  • Usability Testing
  • Analyzing Usability Results
  • Writing Case Studies

 

(New) Skills Practiced This Week

  • Prototyping with Axure
  • Usability Testing

 

Project 3: Retrospective Coming Soon!

On Friday, we presented Project 3, our first group project!  We are going to be continuing work on Project 3 over the next couple of weeks, so I will be including a detailed retrospective once the project is finished.

 

Highlights

  • Presentation #3: Gaining confidence
    • On Friday, we made presentations for the third time, and I saw a huge increase in the confidence of my classmates and the quality of their presentations.
    • Though every presentation is stressful, I learn so much in the process.  I feel myself getting more and more comfortable explaining design decisions and telling a story around each design.
  • Guest Speaker: Nathan Shedroff
    • Nathan spoke with us about the importance of speaking the language of business leaders in order to make change in an organization.
  • Axure
    • I loved learning how to use Axure (though I know that my opinion on this doesn't line up with a lot of my more visually-inclined classmates).  Out of the three tools we have learned so far (Axure, Sketch, and Invision), this one just clicked with me.
    • Takeaway: Try new tools and find what's best for you!
  • How to make your tables less terrible
  • How to create journey maps

 

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