6. PERSONA ELEMENTS
Background
_Mix of retail and service
_Has 3 employees
_Been in business for 3 years
Tools Used
_Excel
_Cash register
_Credit card terminal
21. The reward for this hard work was to watch real small
business owners trying these prototypes during lab
sessions and asking questions like “when can I have it?”
Tim Beschastnov
Sr. Product Development Manager
33. IMPROVED OUR
OUR LIVES SO
PROFOUNDLY…
WE CAN’T IMAGINE GOING
BACK TO THE OLD WAY
OUR EXPERIENCE
34. Stock image $30
Printed on company
plotter - FREE
Bookshelves and desk
in room - FREE
“Donated” or
“borrowed” items FREE
Props $35
35. LEARN MORE
Watch a video of the room and get other details here -
http://awards.designforexperience.com/gallery/2013/prom
oting-empathy-for-users/intuit
Intuit does this
NOTES:
In terms of small biz Today I’m going to tell you a story about a time we build a restoration hardware. Pottery barn and got everyone bought into it even the CEO was knocking on the door.
Overview - what happened
Trying to method effective to create empathy within our own employees
.
Early skit ideas were rejected for being too comedic or over the top. We also imagined a scenario where Brad would be an employee in the store .
Different expectations
Instead of a play we knew we wanted to show them and really demonstrate rather than just tell them
We focused on making the customer environment a real and we turned our persona into an experience
It began by setting up the hardware and transforming an office into a store…
Raised the desks to make counters
We just put a stake in the ground – we no idea how far we would take it
You can still see the whiteboard
Tablet on a cash drawer.
Receipt printer
Some props were added to illustrate that the store owner also offers “design services.” This relates to the story that she invoices for these services from her “back office.”
Props included: colored pencils, a sketch pad and furniture covering catalogs
A stock photo image was enlarged, duplicated and printed on plotter paper to add to the store “illusion.”
Brought in inventory
Branding
Created a name
Logo
Signage
Put the customer in the customer shoes
Usability participants brought their own inventory
Pricing is not simple
Barcodes
Skus
Screenshot from the “hacked” usability lab.We did this so remote team members could attend and see participants using all of the hardware
And we could record
One of the big pushes that we’ve heard is “get the front-line developers to better understand the customer and you will build a better product,” and that is exactly what the immersive customer experience did -
Had daily meetings there
Here’s a shot from one of the multi-disciplinary team (ux, product management, engineering) work sessions*
A Helen’s Habitats customer (our customer’s customer)
A “Helen’s Habitats” employee (our Intuit customer)
While setting up for live demos, we when through the experience of being “open for business.”
In this case, the logo did not print on the receipt.
A real error message during a live demo.
The PM panicked in front of the stakeholders just as a real customer might in front of their customer.