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Building a boat on the water
  or how to improve user experience in existing solutions

        Roots Conference, May 23rd 2011

        Svein-Magnus Sørensen
              Senior Business Analyst


             Twitter: @SveinMagnus
        http://slideshare.net/sveinmagnus
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                                Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
User Experience is balancing desires


                                          Business
                                        requirements



                   User
                 behaviour




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Art project by Michael Johansson (All rights reserved)                                                             3
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5 simple guidelines to easily
  improve user experience

           http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/2198193461/                                                              4
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1. Identity matters!




      http://www.flickr.com/photos/trois-tetes/5195847/                                                                5
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2. Separate elements visually




           http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/1259245482/                                                                10
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3. Keep menus few, simple and readable




               http://www.flickr.com/photos/minxlj/2468654950/                                                                 16
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4. Filler text doesn’t communicate well




               http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinjenny/2285247513/                                                               22
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5. Visualize data when possible




          http://www.flickr.com/photos/25541021@N00/4339700271/                                                             25
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1. Identity matters!

     2. Separate elements visually

3. Keep menus few, simple and readable

4. Filler text doesn’t communicate well

    5. Visualize data when possible
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/declicjardin/1135509841/                                                              30
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Building a boat on the water - or improving user experience (Roots 2011)

  • 1. Building a boat on the water or how to improve user experience in existing solutions Roots Conference, May 23rd 2011 Svein-Magnus Sørensen Senior Business Analyst Twitter: @SveinMagnus http://slideshare.net/sveinmagnus 1 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
  • 2. User Experience is balancing desires Business requirements User behaviour 2 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
  • 3. Art project by Michael Johansson (All rights reserved) 3 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
  • 4. 5 simple guidelines to easily improve user experience http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/2198193461/ 4 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
  • 5. 1. Identity matters! http://www.flickr.com/photos/trois-tetes/5195847/ 5 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
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  • 10. 2. Separate elements visually http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/1259245482/ 10 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
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  • 16. 3. Keep menus few, simple and readable http://www.flickr.com/photos/minxlj/2468654950/ 16 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
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  • 22. 4. Filler text doesn’t communicate well http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinjenny/2285247513/ 22 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
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  • 25. 5. Visualize data when possible http://www.flickr.com/photos/25541021@N00/4339700271/ 25 Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions 23.05.2011
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