My UX Design talk for Canada's Association for IT Professionals (CIPS) Calgary Chapter.

1. An Introduction to
UX Design for
Developers/Programmers
Dr. Stella Lee
Paradox Learning Inc.

2. What is UX?

5. Source: http://www.allaboutux.org/ux-definitions

6. Source: http://www.allaboutux.org/ux-definitions
All together 27 definitions in one site

7. UX = User Experience Design

8. UX = User Experience Design
Aims to understand and evaluate how users feel when interacting
with a product, a service, or a system.

13. It applies to the design of all human experiences

18. It is a holistic experience

19. The Intersection

20. So Why Should You Care?

21. Because…
❖ You are already doing it - to an extent
❖ Nobody would want to use your product
❖ Greater productivity
❖ Greater job satisfaction

22. Great UX is Everyone’s Responsibilities

23. HOW??

24. User-Centred Design Process
Source: http://usability.msu.edu/

25. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-centered_design
“a process in which the needs, wants, and
limitations of end users are given extensive
attention at each stage of the design process.”

26. User’s experience is subjective
Source:http://www.animalmemes.com/funny-memes-developers-vs-users/

27. Source: http://projectcartoon.com/

28. Whole-Body Design
Design for users’
Needs
Goals Experience
Prior knowledge
Emotions
Natural gesture
Senses
Preferences
Culture
Context
Natural language
Expectations

29. Some Tools and Techniques
Wireframe
Storyboarding
Persona
Card Sorting
User Surveys
Heat Map
Design Patterns
Prototypes
Web Analytics
Usability Testing

30. Usability Testing

31. Card Sorting

32. Concept Map
Source: https://www.gliffy.com

33. Wireframe
Source: https://www.gliffy.com

34. HTML Validator
Source: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/html-validator/

35. In summary - beginning with
the end (user) in mind.

36. Resources
❖ 25 great free UX tools - http://www.uxforthemasses.com/free-
ux-tools/
❖ What is user experience design? Overview, tools and
resources - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/what-
is-user-experience-design-overview-tools-and-resources/
❖ Usability.gov - http://www.usability.gov/
❖ 24 Usability Testing Tools - http://www.usability.gov/
❖ UX Magazine - http://uxmag.com/

37. Dr. Stella Lee
stella@paradoxlearning.com
www.paradoxlearning.com
403-918-5352
@stellal
All image sources: https://search.creativecommons.org/