**This version of our presentation is for The Information Architecture Summit, Apr 7 2013 in Baltimore** Chris and Farris expose the differences between how user experience designers and analytics practitioners think. While UXD weave best practices and user research into their designs, digital analysts spend their time confirming or refuting hypotheses in a data-driven way. One approach is decidedly qualitative, the other decidedly quantitative. In this presentation you will learn through their conversations how it is possible to leverage both enlightened design and deep data to continuously optimize user experiences. If you work on either side of this debate, this is how to better state your case… and get along with the other side.
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UXD v. Analytics
What have YOU got for me?
No, what have you got for ME?
Information Architecture Summit
Baltimore, MD | April 7th 2013
Chris Farnum, Senior User Experience Designer, ProQuest
Farris Khan, Analytics Lead, ProQuest & BobbleheadGuru blogger
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Dramatis Personae
Digital Analytics Lead..…Farris UXD/IA………………………..Chris
*Identities to be revealed upon proposal acceptance. ;-)
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Introduction – UXD v. Digital Analytics
Where do these specialties overlap?
How are the roles different?
Why should they collaborate?
Got a question or comment?
Tweet: @BobbleheadGuru or @crfarnum
Hashtags: #ias13 #measure
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The ProQuest Search Platform
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What is Digital Analytics?
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Ecosystem of Analytics
Object of Analysis:
Document, Library,
System
Metrics:
What?
Usage
Object of Analysis: Object of Analysis:
Visitor Attitudinal/ Behavioral/ Visitor
Metrics: Persona Observational Metrics:
Who? Why? Where? When?
Common Unit of Analysis
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Monthly Analytics Heatmap
Notes:
1. Data from March 2012 through February 2013.
2. Source: WebTrends and Internal data collection.
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Visits per Day
(Since February 13, 2011)
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Percentage of Visits with Error Pages
Notes:
1. Data from January 1, 2012 through March 17, 2013.
2. Source: WebTrends
3. Four “Spike Days”: Feb. 1, 2012, March 17, 2012 and March 1, 2013.
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Percentage of Visits with Error Pages
Notes:
1. Hour-By-Hour Analysis of March 1, 2013.
2. Source: WebTrends
Analysis:
1. This event occurred over a two hour period (10am through 12noon)
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Charts directly from tools can look… well…
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Like Uncooked Spaghetti
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Just one strand…
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The DA Approach, In General…
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End of scene
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Conversation #1 – three weeks later…
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It’s monthly report day, and Farris is looking hard at the data…
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Farris’ Question
“Why do some of our segments have
significantly higher satisfaction scores
than others?”
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80% Interval Analysis with Narrow Scale
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1st Order Report
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2nd Order Report
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3rd Order Report: NO High School or Librarians
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UXD Clue: Persona Driven Design
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Interpreting Satisfaction Data
I. 2nd year students are intermediate
researchers, therefore have highest
satisfaction.
II. 3rd year students are advanced
searchers and more likely to need
advanced search tools. Satisfaction
drops in 3rd year, so they may need
more attention.
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End of scene
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Conversation #1 – Summary
DA offers intelligence
via segment analysis
UXD offers context
via personas
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Conversation #2 – two weeks later…
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One morning Chris opened his email to find…
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Chris’ Question
“There’s a customer service request to
improve the ease of narrowing results.
Is there any user data that can give me
the background I need to design some
new approaches?”
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UXD: Do we need more options, less,…?
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DA Clue: Satisfaction Summary
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Model Question Summary
Higher Scores
Legend:
Accuracy of Information (1.2, 8.1)
(Impact, Score)
Quality of Information (1.2, 8.1)
Breath of Content (1.2, 8.0)
How Quickly Pages Load (0.5, 7.9)
Consistency of Speed Page to Page (0.5, 7.9)
Ability to Load Pages without Errors (0.5, 7.9)
Readability of Graphics (0.5, 7.9)
How Well Site Is Organized (1.7, 7.5)
Balance of Graphics and Text (0.5, 7.3)
Area of Focus
How Well Site Layout Helps Find (1.7, 7.2) Relevance of Search Results (2.8, 7.2)
Organization of Search Results (2.8, 7.2)
How Well Search Results Help Selection (2.8, 7.2)
Options for Navigation (1.7, 7.1)
How Well Search Options Help Narrow Results (2.8, 7.0)
Visual Appeal (0.5, 6.9) Number of Clicks (1.7, 6.9)
Higher Impact
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Open Ended Comments With Respondent Level Data
Narrow down their searches to
more specifics
Provide Tips for narrowing
Search
Provide more user friendly
narrowing devices
Be able to narrow search results
to only find articles with full text
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Confirmed…
I. Comment was not an outlier.
II. Improving narrowing options
should significantly impact
satisfaction.
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Conversation #2 – Summary
UXD needs background
info before design.
Analytics offers
quantitative
qualitative data
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Conversation #3 – four weeks later…
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Farris’ Question
“I was preparing my monthly
report and noticed something
new. Page views per visit
dropped, but other statistics
remained constant. What does
this mean?”
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DA: Weekly Heatmap
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UXD: Updates to site navigation, database selection
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Answers and More Questions
I. Hypothesis - dynamic page
element and/or other design
changes caused page counts to
decrease.
II. No increase in satisfaction… yet.
Further adjustments needed?
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Conversation #3 – Summary
DA spots changes efficiently.
UXD can offer hypotheses.
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UXD v. Analytics - Differences
Digital Analytics User Experience Design
Quantitative Qualitative
“What did most users do?” “Why did you do that?”
Reporting trends Design decisions
Broad & shallow view Deep & narrow view
Big data analysis Live user research
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UXD & Analytics - Common Goals
Digital Analytics User Experience Design
Deep interest in user behavior
Want to increase user satisfaction
Desire to influence strategic decisions
By leveraging each other….
Does 1 + 1 = 3?
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Working Better Together
• Give UXD access to analytics tools
• Project collaboration
• Refine survey questions and KPIs
• Design informed by data insights
• Deeper analysis based on a richer understanding of user
personas and motivation
• Smarter user research – finding respondents, asking better
questions.
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Questions and Comments
Farris Khan
Farris.Khan@ProQuest.com
@Bobbleheadguru
Chris Farnum
Chris.Farnum@ProQuest.com
@crfarnum
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/ChrisFarnum/
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Notas del editor
Image: via Chris Farnum and Farris Khan
Customers: college, university, corporate, and government libraries worldwideSubscription databases of articles in journals, newspapers, magazines, trade pubs, books…Academic migration complete
Summary – the bootstrap days are done, and now we are extending and refining.Image: via Chris FarnumSound: http://ihalo.org/Aerodev/Renders/Sound/effects/grunt_birthday_party/grunt_birthday_party_explosion.mp3
We do projects to translate business requirements into user experiencesAgile methodology12 team membersWork closely with product management, technical teams, and QA
Qualitative User ResearchFocused on “Why did you do that?”Design decisionsDeep and narrow perspective on usersDeliverables and toolsWireframes and prototypesUser stories (aka specifications)User testing reportsPersonasHeuristicsDesign patternsImage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Mistery_stub.pngImage: http://cnx.org/content/m20220/latest/graphics1.png
UXD was recently placed within the same team as our digital analytics lead, Farris.The big question…Who is this guy and what’s this report he’s publishing about the platform we designed?Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Gray_-_replace_this_image_male.svg
UXD and DA both claim expertise about usersQuantitative v. Qualitative?Influence over strategic direction?Image: http://farm1.staticflickr.com/39/94326793_4b8d06c4a0_b.jpg
Quantitative data collection and analysisFocused on “What did most users do?”Reporting trendsBroad and shallow perspective on usersDeliverables and toolsInternal data warehouseBehavioral analytics (WebTrends)Attitudinal analytics (ForeSee)System response testing (Gomez)Weekly and monthly reportsImage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Caliper_full_view.jpegImage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayaevening/138372058/