5 Tips on How to Get Educated in User-Centered Design

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5 Tips on How to Get Educatedin User-Centered
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If you are an employee of a software development
or software testing company, user-centered design
(UCD) is something you should be familiar with
and implement it into your work. However, UCD is
something you should learn in order to work with
it, as if you dont understand it, you will not
even slightly improve the quality of your
software. Some people even receive special
education.
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Education in Which Spheres of Knowledge Should
You Get in Order to Start Practicing UCD?
behavioral sciences (psychology/sociology)
industrial design
human-computer interaction sciences.
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If you dont have time to receive the full-scaled
education, there are also numerous courses or
training classes conducted by successful
companies. Consider participating in one of
them. Besides, every software testing
company should have a specialist in usability
testing, who can give you some useful pieces of
advice.
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5 Tips on How to Work with User-Centered Design
Start cooperating with potential end-users. As
UCD methodology centers on users, then users
should be your major concern. You should try to
keep in touch and receive feedbacks on the
regular basis. The more your company develops the
more users you should indulge into cooperation.
Conduct a market research. You should know what
interests your potential target audience most.
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Conduct usability testing. If you want to receive
a maximum effective result, then use the services
of a software testing company and plus conduct
software testing involving end-users.
Test your software during all the stages of
product development and after release as well.
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Conduct the so-called before and after
research. Create questionnaires and ask end-users
about the previous generation of your product and
its current version. Compare the results and
write usability plan for the next-generation
product. Create standards for your softwares
design.
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