August 2007
Beginner
416 pages
12h 16m
English
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FURTHER READING
- Elements of the User Experience, by Jesse James Garret (New Riders, 2003).
This is a slim volume breaks down and explains the author's famous diagram of user experience design (www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf). Two elements of his diagram—Strategy and Scope—are of particular interest in relation to analysis as outlined in this chapter. This is a must-have book for any web designer.
- Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research, by Mike Kuniavsky (Morgan Kaufmann, 2003).
This is a hands-on book full of practical information about conducting user research. There is detailed information on planning user research and participant recruiting. Most of the book focuses on user research methods, including card sorting. The text is clear and accessible, appealing to a wide range of readers.
- Rapid Contextual Design: A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design, by Karen Holtzblatt, Jessamyn Burns Wendell, and Shelley Wood (Morgan Kaufmann, 2004).
This book offers step-by-step instructions and detailed research tools for conducting contextual inquiries during fast-paced projects. It includes techniques for storyboarding, creating personas, and prototyping, among other things.
- Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel (Free Press, 1998).
In this comprehensive book on corporate strategies the authors survey ten schools of thought on strategy, bringing many ...
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