paper & pencil http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/ An online notebook of user experience design. en-US 2009-06-26T14:16:56-04:00 Integrating UX & Agile http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/2009/06/integrating-ux-agile.html Last week I attended a panel on integrating user experience into Agile development, put on by the Western NY Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (WNYHFES). The panel was interesting in that I learned more and more companies are embracing Agile... process user experience Carrie Ritch Eberhardt 2009-06-26T14:16:56-04:00 Notes from UX London http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/2009/06/notes-from-ux-london.html Luke Wroblewski posted his notes from UX London: e-service, Eric Reiss Designing from the Inside Out: Behavior as the Engine of Product Design, Dan Saffer What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive, Jared Spool Designing Our Way Through Data, Jeff Veen... user experience Carrie Ritch Eberhardt 2009-06-20T15:01:59-04:00 When is it “Useable Enough?” http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/2009/06/when-is-it-useable-enough.html Notes from the UIE Brain Sparks podcast: Userability #9 - When is it "Useable Enough?" Establish metrics for what is considered usable enough, e.g. 80% task completion, 90% satisfaction Check out Measuring the User Experience "Get to point of least... usability Carrie Ritch Eberhardt 2009-06-15T21:21:08-04:00 Designers do it in groups http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/2009/06/designers-do-it-in-groups.html Robert Hoekman, Jr. says better solutions come from designing in groups. I absolutely agree. Design is a group activity. The small team beats the lone genius every time. No one individual will have all the best answers. The best answers... interaction design Carrie Ritch Eberhardt 2009-06-10T16:01:37-04:00 The Lifecycle of a Wireframe http://www.paperandpencil.info/home/2009/06/the-lifecycle-of-a-wireframe.html Nick Finck posted slides from his Puget Sound SIGCHI lecture on The Lifecycle of a Wireframe. Some slides are repeated and it's not clear why without hearing the presentation but it contains a great summary of key concepts and questions... information architecture interaction design process Carrie Ritch Eberhardt 2009-06-07T12:21:25-04:00