2007-09-28 Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw Are you facing an aggressive deadline for your web site or product launch? Do you see the need for user research but lack the time to implement it? It’s hard enough creating usable designs when there is ample time and plenty of resources, but what do you do when that's just not an option for your design team? One of the most common reasons designs fail users is because the design team didn't have the time or resources to focus on user research. To help designers and usability professionals deliver usable sites and applications despite the obstacles, we turned to Larry Constantine, author of the landmark book, Software for Use, to share his proven techniques on how to conduct design and usability efforts quickly and efficiently, even when there is barely time to do anything at all. In this 90-minute seminar, Larry will share a wide range of field-proven tricks and techniques for conquering design and usability problems while in crunch mode. You will learn: + How to leverage Sample-of-One Testing to maximize the amount of valuable information you collect from just one user + How to improve your time-boxed project management techniques to conduct design activities faster and push your design team to the limits of agility and ingenuity + How to take advantage of the decision triage. Larry will show you how your success depends on your team's ability to identify your design's most important features and focus the majority of time and resources in only those areas + How to pare down your field research efforts while still learning everything you need to create a successful design + How to use tactical modeling techniques, such as simplified schematics for quickly capturing insights about users and their needs Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw 306 User Interface Engineering asks Larry Constantine to share his proven techniques on how to conduct quick and efficient design and usability efforts with limited time, budget, and resources. 2007-09-27 true http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/usability_under_pressure/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/306 application, applications, budget, constantine, crunch, deadline, decision, decision triage, design, designer, developer, larry, launch, limited, manager, mode, modeling, of, one, problems, product, professional, resources, sample, sampleofone, september, site, software, software for use, tactical, team, techniques, testing, time, timeboxed, triage, usability, use, web, website 2007-09-28 Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw Are you facing an aggressive deadline for your web site or product launch? Do you see the need for user research but lack the time to implement it? It’s hard enough creating usable designs when there is ample time and plenty of resources, but what do you do when that's just not an option for your design team? One of the most common reasons designs fail users is because the design team didn't have the time or resources to focus on user research. To help designers and usability professionals deliver usable sites and applications despite the obstacles, we turned to Larry Constantine, author of the landmark book, Software for Use, to share his proven techniques on how to conduct design and usability efforts quickly and efficiently with little time and money. In this 90-minute seminar, Larry will share a wide range of field-proven tricks and techniques for conquering design and usability problems while in crunch mode. You will learn: + How to leverage Sample-of-One Testing to maximize the amount of valuable information you collect from just one user + How to improve your time-boxed project management techniques to conduct design activities faster and push your design team to the limits of agility and ingenuity + How to take advantage of the decision triage. Larry will show you how your success depends on your team's ability to identify your design's most important features and focus the majority of time and resources in only those areas + How to pare down your field research efforts while still learning everything you need to create a successful design + How to use tactical modeling techniques, such as simplified schematics for quickly capturing insights about users and their needs Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw 307 User Interface Engineering asks Larry Constantine to share his proven techniques on how to conduct quick and efficient design and usability efforts with limited time, budget, and resources. 2007-09-27 true http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/usability_under_pressure/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/307 application, applications, budget, constantine, crunch, deadline, decision, decision triage, design, designer, developer, larry, launch, limited, manager, mode, modeling, of, one, problems, product, professional, resources, sample, sampleofone, september, site, software, software for use, tactical, team, techniques, testing, time, timeboxed, triage, usability, use, web, website Boston USA 2007-11-09 Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video http://www.uiconf.com BOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registrations. For the User Interface 12 Conference ( http://www.uiconf.com ), Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most pressing design topics. For 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth techniques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. Now in its twelfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and usability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability professionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Communicating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. On Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wroblewski. On Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from each of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote presentation from Jared M. Spool. On Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevin Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. We'll cap off the week on Thursday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. 196 MA User Interface 12 is being held November 5-8, 2007 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on today's most pressing usability and design issues. 2007-11-05 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/196 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/196/ui12-badge.gif agile development, book, book seller, comics, content, content management, css, design, designer, developer, engineering, folksonomy, information architecture, innovation, interaction, interface, jared spool, management, personas, professional, seminar, social, social web design, taxonomy, testing, tutortial, ucd, uie, usability, user, ux, visual design, web application, web site, workshop Melbourne Australia 2008-05-17 Web Directions User Experience is a full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focussing on concepts, technologies and techniques for building great user experiences on the web. * Andy Budd (Clearleft) - Interaction design and usability * Robert Hoekman Jr (Miskeeto) - User experience evangelist * Lisa Herrod - User testing * Emily Boyd (Remember the Milk) - Ajax techniques for great user experiences * Cameron Adams - Frontiers of Javascript (workshop) * Donna Maurer - Getting content right * Jackie Moyes (News Digital Media) - Turning research into products * Oliver Weidlich - Mobile web user experience * Steve Baty - Analysing research data * Mathew Patterson (Campaign Monitor) - Designing for email Whatever your role - designer, developer, IA, product and project manager all the way to CIO and CTO - this will be an exciting day of informative, stimulating content to send you home even better enabled to build the web. Conference: $495 (early bird until April 11) Workshops: $450 440 Australia Concepts and techniques for building great user experiences: interaction design, usability and testing, user research and ethnography, Ajax and Javascript, content, designing for mobile and more. 2008-05-15 false http://ux08.webdirections.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/440 ajax, interaction design, javascript, testing, usability, user experience, user research London United Kingdom 2008-06-04 For people in design teams who need to solicit customer feedback on prototypes and finished products, "A practical guide to usability testing" is a 1-day usability workshop that shows delegates how to carry out a usability test. Unlike lecture-based courses, delegates get practical, hands-on experience moderating and logging usability tests. Usability testing is the method of choice for organisations that want to understand how customers use their product, software or web site. In contrast to market research methods, usability testing delivers strong predictive value, demonstrating how real people will use the product in the real world. But there are several different types of usability test, making it difficult for novices to choose a technique. Usability testing is also very different from interviews or focus groups and requires a well-trained test administrator. This workshop provides a practical path through the various methods, helping you pick the right kind of test for your product, showing you how to plan, carry out and analyse a usability test, and describing persuasive techniques for presenting the results to developers and managers. You will also get hands-on experience administering and observing a usability test and gain the kind of practical knowledge that you can't get from reading a book. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN -Write a screener to recruit the right test participants. -Write a usability test plan to get buy-in from management and the development team. -Develop test tasks that are relevant to your customers and your business. -Choose the right usability test method for your product and its lifecycle phase. -Design usability tests that meet international standards in usability. -Adapt our standard forms and templates for your own tests. -Moderate usability tests. -Collect and analyse behavioural data. -Persuade managers and developers to take action based on your test results. 178 United Kingdom Learn how to confidently carry out a usability test of your company's product or website. 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