Does your “customer-centric” organization all but ignore the feedbacks that matters most? Does the pressure to get to market faster and outmaneuver the competition crowd out your potential to deliver a great user experience?
Mike Parker shares a step-by-step approach for giving customers their rightful seat at the table. He’ll help you spot logical entry points for collecting and measuring compelling user data, then guide you on positioning your analysis to tell an influential story that ties design decisions to critical business improvement.
14. $5,535
support cost
Look for KPIs that matter.
84
line setup18,297
customer calls
17 mins
avg. length
1.1
avg. calls per
customer
123
web portal
support tickets
$402,534
support cost
$45
per ticket
28
AR setup
11
HG setup
52%
web portal
$209,308
support cost
9,514
web portal
customer calls
$22
per call
15. $5,535
support cost
Focus on biggest impact.
84
line setup18,297
customer calls
17 mins
avg. length
1.1
avg. calls per
customer
123
web portal
support tickets
$402,534
support cost
$45
per ticket
28
AR setup
11
HG setup
52%
web portal
$209,308
support cost
9,514
web portal
customer calls
$22
per call
16. 16
AR Issues Severity Effort Est. Mo. Cost Priority
Locating the AR feature H L $3,586 H
Special characters not allowed in Caller ID field M L $2,492 H
Incorrect setup of advanced features (i.e., Simultaneous Ring, Bridging, etc.) H M $3,827 H
Call Forwarding Busy feature set to on by default. M L $1,407 M
Active status for AR when not setup M L $178 M
Setting up AR call routing M H $1,157 M
Recording AR custom greetings M H $1,068 M
Setting up AR schedule M H $938 M
Build a case.
17. $5,535
support cost
Sell your case.
84
line setup18,297
customer calls
17 mins
avg. length
1.1
avg. calls per
customer
123
web portal
support tickets
$402,534
support cost
$45
per ticket
28
AR setup
11
HG setup
52%
web portal
$209,308
support cost
9,514
web portal
customer calls
$22
per call
18. Sell your case.
$5,535
support
cost
84
line setup
18,297
customer
calls
17 mins
avg. length
1.1
avg. calls
per
customer
123
web portal
support
tickets
$402,534
support cost
$45
per ticket
28
AR setup
11
HG setup
52%
web portal
$209,308
support cost
9,514
web portal
customer
calls
$22
per call
ROI
$59,846monthly savings
EFFORT
4 weeks
25. 25
1. I think that I would like to use this system frequently.
2. I found the system to be simple.
3. I thought the system was easy to use.
4. I can use the system without the support of a technical person.
5. The various functions in the system were well integrated.
6. I thought there was a lot of consistency in the system.
7. I would imagine that most people would learn to use the system very quickly.
8. I found the system very intuitive.
9. I felt confident using the system.
10. I could use the system without having to learn anything new.
Don’t forget your SUS.
26. 26
Online, Unmoderated.
UserZoom.
Clickable prototype.
8 target participants, non-customers (no biases).
5-7 tasks.
Qualitative questionnaire following each task.
SUS questionnaire at test completion.
Same design for the before and after test.
Decide on methodology.
27. Put it all together.
Task 1
Task 2
Test
Screen 1
Test
Screen 2
Task 1
Instruction
Question-
naire
Test
Screen 2
Test
Screen 3
Task 2
Instruction
Question-
naire
SUS
Each task should be
finite.
Participant attempts
task on screen 1.
When testing a flow, break the larger task
into bite size chunks that can be
completed by the user 1 screen at a time.
Screen 2 provides the participant with
closure so they can provide meaningful
answers to the questionnaire.
Start the next task at the
previous closure page for
continuity.
27
Quantitative (Automatic):
• Success / Fail
• Time to complete
• Number of clicks
Qualitative:
• Ease of Use
• Confidence
• Consistency
29. 29
improvement in user confidence (that they’ve
completed the task correctly)
The result.
32%
20%
37%
improvement in flow efficiency (or time the user spent
completing the AR setup flow)
improvement in ease of use