User Experience Re-Mastered

Good user interface design is not just about aesthetics or using the latest technology. Designers also need 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 Morgan Kaufmann's Series in Interactive Technologies and presents it in a typical project framework. Chauncey Wilson guides the reader through each chapter, introducing the meaning of the lifecycle. This gives you readers a practical and easy application for the ultimate experience. A must read for students, those who are new to the field, and anyone designing interfaces for people!

• A guided, hands-on experience, 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. Ideal for students

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