Lean Usability for Startups: usability and user experience techniques to help startups create better experiences with lean budgets.
Concludes with 12 Lean Usability Principles
25. DIY User Experience Visual Design Coding Content Interaction Social Media Home page Feedback Form Error Handling Navigation Search Multi-device UX
26. Home Page Is the site business clear? Is the site purpose is clear? Is search available? Does the Home Page support multiple ways to reach content?
55. 12 Lean usability principles Remember the Minimum Viable Product process (focus) Embrace failure/ design iteratively Talk with people that accurately fit your user profiles Talk with your target audience as early & as often as possible lean agile fast
56. 12 Lean usability principles Listen more than you talk Be creative with incentives (something related to your product that cost you little but has higher value to the participant) Expose as many people in the project team as possible to target audience interviews / testing Take notes , discuss findings and explore solutions with whole team lean agile fast
57. 12 Lean usability principles Share findings in summary slide decks rather than reports – easy to share & digest Be responsive. Make it easy for customers to contact you to provide feedback & maintain regular contact. Record customer requests & use them to prioritise new features Reduce costs judiciously, cutting corners can be costly lean agile fast
Minimalism and simplicity don’t necessarily = Core FocusFocus on core functions – Don’t disrupt the core
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Where you can safely cut back to reduce costInterview participants in the same location: office, lab.Reduce level of documentationDon’t record sessionsReduce incentives: problematic
Where you can safely cut back to reduce costInterview participants in the same location: office, lab.Reduce level of documentationDon’t record sessionsReduce incentives: problematic
Where you should not cut back to reduce costPlanningRecruitmentIncentivesAnalysisDocumenting recommendationsDebriefing: Multi disciplinary debriefs are valuable.
Where you can safely cut back to reduce costInterview participants in the same location: office, lab.Reduce level of documentationDon’t record sessionsReduce incentives: problematic
Key areas to be aware ofSelf - RecruitmentHow well do participants actually fit the user profile?What is the point of the evaluation if we’re recruiting the wrong people?Screeners make work faster & provide you with additional user information.Can take longerScheduling can be a nightmareProbably costs you moreWhat is your time actually worth compared to what you would pay a recruiter?What is the daily rate of the consultant compared to that of a recruiter? Task based testingCan lead the participantFocuses on certain tasksIncentivesRushing AnalysisGoing in with set ideas