Category Archives: User Centered Design

You Don’t Know Use Cases

Posted on January 5, 2011 by craig

You Don’t Know Use Cases, Yet Book Review: Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn I’m willing to bet your Use Cases are written wrong (you do USE Use Cases, right?), or are not as effective as they could be, … Continue reading →

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The New UX Design Paradigm

Posted on December 23, 2010 by craig

The new UX design paradigm Summary: There is a new UX design paradigm caused by the massive growth of smartphones and tablets, coupled with the continuing growth of PC website/application user experiences. To be successful, UX leaders must adopt a … Continue reading →

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Jakob Nielsen Got It (Mostly) Wrong

Posted on November 1, 2010 by craig

Why Jakob Nielsen got it (mostly) wrong Summary: Do not assume, as Jakob Nielsen’s Alphabetical Sorting article implies, that A-Z listings are usually not the best way to present a list to users. Instead, carefully evaluate your typical users and … Continue reading →

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