San Francisco USA 2008-06-21 Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led by senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: * Identify and address business issues * Plan and conduct user research to uncover user goals and mental models * Turn user data into a set of personas that guide (and sell!) the design * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements * Apply scenarios, principles and patterns to define the right interaction framework * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design Practicum was created for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requirements and what actually gets built. _______________________________________ What attendees have said about this course: "Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" "Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." "Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." _______________________________________ Our new "Business of Innovation" course happens the following week on June 23-24. If you can't attend this Practicum session, there's another July 22-25, followed by our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes. 469 CA Learn about personas and Goal-Directed Design from the people who invented them! This 4 day hands-on course is taught by senior Cooper designers. 2008-06-17 false http://www.cooper.com/services/training/ixd_practicum.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/469 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/469/logo_cooperU.gif cooper, cooper u, interaction design, personas, research