This document provides an overview of UX (user experience) and its importance for startups. It defines UX as the art and science of understanding user needs and championing the best overall experience. UX encompasses tools and techniques to deliver value to both users and business goals. The document encourages startups to get started with UX today by talking to users, sketching ideas, and testing frequently with a focus on simplifying tasks. It argues that UX benefits startups by reducing wasted effort, improving products, and increasing customer satisfaction, adoption, and investment.
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UX for start-ups, presented to start-ups in Wayra, London
2. Sorry, who are you?
Karl Saynor - @ksaynor
Former functional designer
Former management consultant
Former information architect
Former experience architect
Former Lead UX
Working title: UX entrepreneur
3. Sorry, who are you?
Karl Saynor - @ksaynor
Former functional designer
Former management consultant
Former information architect
Former experience architect
Former Lead UX
Working title: UX entrepreneur
8. Some of the many definitions...
the overall impression,
feelings, interactions that
a person has while
operating these systems
A broad terms
referring to the whole
experience a person
feels when using a
Web site, both online
and offline.
A measure of the
effectiveness, efficiency and
satisfaction with which
specified users can achieve
specified goals in a particular
environment.
The sum of all interactions
and events, both positive
and negative, between a
user and a web site.
a multi-faceted
approach aimed at
making products
more pleasing for
people to use.
a concept that places the
end-user at the focal point of
design and development
efforts, as opposed to the
system, its applications or its
aesthetic value alone
Is it easy to use,
attractive and
appropriate? Does it
meet user needs?
The desired, expected,
or actual experience of
a user interacting with
a product
is about how a
person feels about
using a system
Thanks to: Dana Cohen Baron
9. UX as a discipline is the art and science
of understanding and
championing users needs.
10. UX as a discipline is the art and science
of understanding and
championing users needs.
Its an umbrella term for tools &
techniques employed to deliver the
best overall experience for users.
11. UX as a discipline is the art and science
of understanding and
championing users needs.
Its an umbrella term for tools &
techniques employed to deliver the
best overall experience for users.
Its subjective, and it always will be.
16. Four key disciplines
Credit: Jason Mesut
Interaction
design
User
research
Information
architecture
Experience
strategy
17. So what exactly is UX then?
Credit: Jesse James Garrett
The elements of user experience
User needs
Site objectives
Functional specifications
Content requirements
Interaction design
Information architecture
Completion Concrete
Conception Abstract
Interface design, navigation
design, information design
Visual Design
18. So what exactly is UX then?
Credit: Dan Saffer, iA inc.
UX: overlapping disciplines The spectrum of user experience
19. How do you judge UX?
Credit: Peter Morville
useful
valuable
credible
usable
findable
desirable
accessible
The UX honeycomb