User Experience Innovation: User Centered Design that Works

Steps Needed to Design for Successful User Experience

When designing a product for new target users or a new type of product, you’ll need to go through almost all the previously described methods in this book. I have changed the order of the steps to optimize the design process for a new product and a product with a new target user group. Here are the steps:

1. Identify or define your target users.
2. Identify target user needs.
3. Find and prioritize core tasks for new target users.
4. Identify key core tasks.
5. Design and innovate basic user experience elements.
6. Identify and design needed technologies.
7. Identify applications and innovate.
8. Design your product.

In this chapter I will go through all the steps listed above. However, I'll reference previous ...