Hi folks,
My boss has asked me to do some usability training sessions for our
development team. Obviously this is a good thing, he wants them to be
thinking of the tools available to them and how they can utilize me better.
I would have to present to a group of about 25-40 people. They will be
Hey Tom,
My suggestion would be to avoid lecturing at them as the usability expert.
Sounds like you need to be the evangelist first, and their coach second. Start
with an interactive - workshop like exercise that demonstrates what it is like
to work with or design a product without much
Sent: Wed 1/16/2008 7:43 AM
To: IxDA Discuss
Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Training methods/training materials?
Hi folks,
My boss has asked me to do some usability training sessions for our
development team. Obviously this is a good thing, he wants them to be
thinking of the tools available to them
Tom/list,
We have carried out UX familiarization and training for our development
groups at my company. Ssome of the most important things I learned were:
- Understand the needs of the people attending the training. Will they be
responsible for conducting their own usability evaluations, or
Great comments so far. At my company, Perficient, we offer
User-Centered design training internally and to our technology
clients.
We do much of what Tom discussed in his post. In addition I'd add
that one of the things our clients really appreciate are case studies
- actually showing real
