Introduction to UX Design
User Experience design is a design that is user-centered.
“Design is a systematic and data driven process.”
Design is systematic because it is based on a set of techniques and also on a cycle of discovery.
4 Step Design Process
Step1: Requirements Gathering
Understanding the user and what her goals are.
What are the current practices
This step can also be thought of as understanding the "problem space"- what is hindering the completion of the task how can the task or process be improved
A whole host of techniques are presented that allow the designer to collect data about the user, her goals and current practices
Step 2: Design Alternatives
Once you understand the users, their goals, and their current practices (e.i., the problem space) you are able to take this data and develop various design options that will improve the user experience
Step 3: Prototyping
Techniques for modelling the novel designs before a final version is produced
Step 4: Evaluation
A set of techniques for ascertaining that your design meets the needs of the user
OUTCOME
- learn rudimentary lexicon, concepts and techniques related to user experience design
- be familiarized with the 4 step design cycle (requirements gathering, designing alternatives, prototyping and evaluation) and related techniques
- internalize that design is a systematic and data driven process
- know what it is to design systems that are useful and usable
- practice low-fidelity prototyping techniques
- learn the bases of design evaluation
