Video available: http://www.designforcontext.com/insights/designing-next-generation-search-user-experience
Search applications aren’t "just like Google" anymore – even Google is no longer the simple application it once was. Design is coming to the forefront of effective search applications, to help make sense of mobile search, data search, semantic search, enterprise search, federated search, and embedded search within websites and applications.
So what do we need to know about designing for search? We need to understand our users’ mental models for how they perceive seeking within an information environment. We need to understand how to provide powerful user control over results and yet keep it extremely simple. We need to know how to test for effective comprehension as well as task execution. And we need to know how to get the most out of the new available technologies and data. This UXPA 2015 talk is a deep dive into the essentials for a new generation of search designs.
Have you seen those beautiful websites that you can't use? Or the super-cool ones that make it hard to actually accomplish your tasks? There's a better way. Duane Degler joined the DC Web Mavens to cover the landscape of understanding goals, users, tasks, content, and, particularly, context.
Video available: http://www.designforcontext.com/insights/personal-profiles-time-distance-smartdata2015
Personal data capture and algorithmic modeling of user preferences and interests is maturing. While its effect is felt most strongly in commercial activities and marketing, long-term value to the individual and society will arise in other disciplines like education, cultural heritage, health, and social engagement. But longitudinal user interest modeling is challenging. It is also important to be able to share that model across multiple institutions and domains, even across country borders. And what is the role of the individual user? This talk explores some of the model-building considerations for longitudinal preference management, how adaptive interfaces might play a role, as well as the way that users could interact with a model at a particular time in an application, to reflect their immediate needs and context.
Presented at SmartData 2015 conference, San Jose, CA, 19-Aug-2015
How IAs Can Shape the Future of Human-AI CollaborationDesign for Context
Artificial intelligence is described as an “emerging intelligence,” but the emergent collaboration with humans is what fosters positive personal, societal, and environmental outcomes. We outline a framework that Information Architects can use to think about the key issues in designing for AI systems.
Building Bridges with Taxonomy: Enabling Semantic IntegrationDesign for Context
Taxonomies should be designed with enough flexibility and transition points to be a bridge to other taxonomies and datasets. Enabling your taxonomy to fit into the larger universe of partner companies, industry standards, federal requirements and complementary term sets gives it a solid foundation for future growth. We explore which vocabulary sets are available for reuse by the enterprise information architect and demonstrate how thinking about semantic integration from the beginning of the design process helps build a taxonomy that endures.
Big Data in Small Graphics: Micro-Visualizations in SaaS and Enterprise Appli...Design for Context
Presented by Design for Context's Lisa Battle and Rachel Sengers at the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) Conference June 26, 2018, in Puerto Rico.
The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. We often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help expert users make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of a process or concept can provide orientation and help reduce the risk of mistakes. For all users, the micro-visualization is a small but powerful way to package detailed information in an easily digestible, visual form. Individually or arranged into arrays, these compact visual elements pack a huge punch, giving your users the ability to quickly assess trends, spot outliers, and identify priorities. This presentation will explore the use of data micro-visualizations to enhance user experience and explain how to utilize pre-attentive processing and gestalt mechanisms to design more effective visualizations.
UX Strategy is a term that has been around for quite a while but is often not really well understood or implemented in business. Some companies have dedicated UX teams while others have a single UX champion who is struggling to make sense or identify what UX means to their organisation. How can organisations start thinking about how to bake UX into how they work? This tutorial at UXPA 2015 in San Diego, CA, took a pragmatic look at deconstructing what UX and UX strategy means to organisations, and looked at a framework to provide practical strategies to help connect UX Strategy to Business Strategy with the aim of truly embedding user insights and user centered design into the culture of their organisations.
Guiding Users Towards Action: Empowering Decisions Through Effective Data DesignDesign for Context
How do you provide meaningful insights that lead to action? When designing a UI, we need to consider what data to display, how to display it in a way that helps users interpret its meaning, and how best to indicate what can be done based on the data and its meaning. Good design can help users quickly grasp a situation, make better decisions, and take productive actions. We will provide a framework that describes a progressive evolution of data displays and actions, and share a broad range of examples, from consumer products to enterprise web applications, to discuss ways to design effective data displays and integrate actions.
Lisa Battle and Laura Chessman, Design for Context, 01-Sept-2021, UXPA.org, Baltimore. More at https://d4c.link/UXPA21action Video available from https://uxpa.org.
Designing the Next Generation of Search User Experience - Duane Degler and Li...UXPA International
Search applications aren’t "just like Google" anymore – even Google is no longer the simple application it once was. Design is coming to the forefront of effective search applications, to help make sense of mobile search, data search, semantic search, enterprise search, federated search, and embedded search within websites and applications. So what do we need to know about designing for search? We need to understand our users’ mental models for how they perceive seeking within an information environment. We need to understand how to provide powerful user control over results and yet keep it extremely simple. We need to know how to test for effective comprehension as well as task execution. And we need to know how to get the most out of the new available technologies and data. This course is a deep dive into the essentials for a new generation of search designs.
Have you seen those beautiful websites that you can't use? Or the super-cool ones that make it hard to actually accomplish your tasks? There's a better way. Duane Degler joined the DC Web Mavens to cover the landscape of understanding goals, users, tasks, content, and, particularly, context.
Video available: http://www.designforcontext.com/insights/personal-profiles-time-distance-smartdata2015
Personal data capture and algorithmic modeling of user preferences and interests is maturing. While its effect is felt most strongly in commercial activities and marketing, long-term value to the individual and society will arise in other disciplines like education, cultural heritage, health, and social engagement. But longitudinal user interest modeling is challenging. It is also important to be able to share that model across multiple institutions and domains, even across country borders. And what is the role of the individual user? This talk explores some of the model-building considerations for longitudinal preference management, how adaptive interfaces might play a role, as well as the way that users could interact with a model at a particular time in an application, to reflect their immediate needs and context.
Presented at SmartData 2015 conference, San Jose, CA, 19-Aug-2015
How IAs Can Shape the Future of Human-AI CollaborationDesign for Context
Artificial intelligence is described as an “emerging intelligence,” but the emergent collaboration with humans is what fosters positive personal, societal, and environmental outcomes. We outline a framework that Information Architects can use to think about the key issues in designing for AI systems.
Building Bridges with Taxonomy: Enabling Semantic IntegrationDesign for Context
Taxonomies should be designed with enough flexibility and transition points to be a bridge to other taxonomies and datasets. Enabling your taxonomy to fit into the larger universe of partner companies, industry standards, federal requirements and complementary term sets gives it a solid foundation for future growth. We explore which vocabulary sets are available for reuse by the enterprise information architect and demonstrate how thinking about semantic integration from the beginning of the design process helps build a taxonomy that endures.
Big Data in Small Graphics: Micro-Visualizations in SaaS and Enterprise Appli...Design for Context
Presented by Design for Context's Lisa Battle and Rachel Sengers at the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) Conference June 26, 2018, in Puerto Rico.
The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. We often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help expert users make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of a process or concept can provide orientation and help reduce the risk of mistakes. For all users, the micro-visualization is a small but powerful way to package detailed information in an easily digestible, visual form. Individually or arranged into arrays, these compact visual elements pack a huge punch, giving your users the ability to quickly assess trends, spot outliers, and identify priorities. This presentation will explore the use of data micro-visualizations to enhance user experience and explain how to utilize pre-attentive processing and gestalt mechanisms to design more effective visualizations.
UX Strategy is a term that has been around for quite a while but is often not really well understood or implemented in business. Some companies have dedicated UX teams while others have a single UX champion who is struggling to make sense or identify what UX means to their organisation. How can organisations start thinking about how to bake UX into how they work? This tutorial at UXPA 2015 in San Diego, CA, took a pragmatic look at deconstructing what UX and UX strategy means to organisations, and looked at a framework to provide practical strategies to help connect UX Strategy to Business Strategy with the aim of truly embedding user insights and user centered design into the culture of their organisations.
Guiding Users Towards Action: Empowering Decisions Through Effective Data DesignDesign for Context
How do you provide meaningful insights that lead to action? When designing a UI, we need to consider what data to display, how to display it in a way that helps users interpret its meaning, and how best to indicate what can be done based on the data and its meaning. Good design can help users quickly grasp a situation, make better decisions, and take productive actions. We will provide a framework that describes a progressive evolution of data displays and actions, and share a broad range of examples, from consumer products to enterprise web applications, to discuss ways to design effective data displays and integrate actions.
Lisa Battle and Laura Chessman, Design for Context, 01-Sept-2021, UXPA.org, Baltimore. More at https://d4c.link/UXPA21action Video available from https://uxpa.org.
Designing the Next Generation of Search User Experience - Duane Degler and Li...UXPA International
Search applications aren’t "just like Google" anymore – even Google is no longer the simple application it once was. Design is coming to the forefront of effective search applications, to help make sense of mobile search, data search, semantic search, enterprise search, federated search, and embedded search within websites and applications. So what do we need to know about designing for search? We need to understand our users’ mental models for how they perceive seeking within an information environment. We need to understand how to provide powerful user control over results and yet keep it extremely simple. We need to know how to test for effective comprehension as well as task execution. And we need to know how to get the most out of the new available technologies and data. This course is a deep dive into the essentials for a new generation of search designs.
Video available: http://www.designforcontext.com/insights/simplicity-web-application-design
Simplicity is one of the most important principles of design. It has been a pillar of design thinking for a very long time -- long before the advent of human factors, usability, and user experience. But, realistically, simplicity isn’t always simple. Commercial software, enterprise applications, software as a service (SaaS), and other highly interactive applications often have no choice but to do a great number of things, because they support a range of real world tasks, some of which are complex.
In this UXPA 2015 presentation, we discuss what to try when removing functionality or features isn’t an option. We provide practical questions to ask when deciding whether and how to simplify an application. And we summarize proven design techniques to use when simplifying applications, illustrated with examples from real projects.
Big Data in Small Graphics: Microvisulaizations in SAAS and Enterprise Applic...UXPA International
The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. We often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help expert users make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of a process or concept can provide orientation and help reduce the risk of mistakes. For all users, the micro-visualization is a small but powerful way to package detailed information in an easily digestible, visual form. Individually or arranged into arrays, these compact visual elements pack a huge punch, giving your users the ability to quickly assess trends, spot outliers, and identify priorities. This presentation will explore the use of data micro-visualizations to enhance user experience, the role of pre-attentive processing in your application’s visual language, and the impact of accessibility and responsiveness on both.
Social math provides a method for designers to make complex numerical data about an important cause both meaningful and understandable to your audience. Social math is a design process of telling a story with data that will motivate your users to engage in the behavior you intend.
This half-day course is appropriate for all levels of experience. The lessons focus on introducing the concept of social math and detailing a method to design using social math. Design activities provide an opportunity for attendees to practice using the method.
Attendees will learn:
How to define and identify social math
Why social math is an important part of an impactful design
When to incorporate social math into the design process
Where to find reliable data for designing with social math
A method for incorporating social math into their design
What additional resources exist for using social math
What's the Story? From Tactical to Strategic - Creating a Corporate Research ...UXPA International
You have a research team. You sit in meetings. Your team is developing a healthy research repertoire, including usability testing sessions, stakeholders interviews, expert reviews, and even manage to cram in the occasional remote testing project. Things are looking good.
You have a ton of insights coming in and the project teams are committed to applying the learnings in upcoming releases. But well-meaning stakeholders POs and PMs are still chasing quarterly objectives and you get the feeling the team is treading water and not advancing any real knowledge. Insights are unstructured, and it seems like you are running the same tests without developing any new major insights.
The Wall of User Knowledge is upon you and you feel you haven’t even scraped its surface. How can your research become predictive rather than reactive? How can you model user behaviour and build your insights into a company-wide tool? In a nutshell, how do you move from tactical to strategic?
This talk will focus on showcasing UX research transformation by showing different methods and tools to systematise insights and user knowledge into cohesive customer stories linked to experience streams. From note taking to advanced coding, from creating basic reference reports to developing a complete research framework, this talk will focus on the methods and structures that go into achieving a research delivery and modelling frame that can frame real user knowledge as a team narrative.
Presented by Alberto Ferreira
As presented at HOW 2018 in Boston. This presentation focuses on a series of really simple research methods that can be added to any project. Also looks briefly at how to select a research method and how to create our own to fit a situation.
When selling ourselves for our next job or project, we can use our Experience Design skills and a story-centered approach to craft an amazing portfolio and to interview successfully.
We will walk through the steps in the interview process from a user-centered approach, focusing on the online portfolio, the portfolio review, and the interview.
This talk will appeal to anyone starting out or seeking a job change by highlighting how you can set yourself apart in an already competitive field. With a user-centered mindset and a focus on telling a great story around your work, you can sell yourself and obtain the position you want.
You'll learn:
- How to run the right research on tight timelines
- How to plan research while still designing
- How object-oriented UX can improve the Agile process
Know Thyself, and to thine users be true: Understanding and Managing Biases t...UXPA International
Despite our best intentions, UX practitioners are subject to hidden biases and barriers as any of our fellow humans. It’s more important than ever to understand our own biases to make sure we can be most effective in our communication and our design work. Increasing application of AI and machine learning as well as ever increasing amounts of data on people particularly are areas where hidden and unmitigated biases can create bad and even harmful outcomes. We explore ways to discover and discuss biases constructively before they undermine work, look at case studies of products that suffered from hidden biases, and consider pragmatic approaches to manage their influence in our projects
Presented by Karen Bachmann
User experience doesn't happen on a screen: It happens in the mind.John Whalen
User experience is a vital component of mission-critical projects. The vast majority of experience is digital. We spend insane amounts of time and money designing UX for websites, apps and products to impress users. But the truth is UX isn’t a singular experience we can define. And it doesn’t happen on a screen – it happens in the mind. More specifically, the six minds.
Discover how UX is truly a collection of experiences occurring across six brain concentrations, each with their own processing styles and ideal states. And how, using psychological principles, you can uncover the conscious and subconscious needs of these six minds to appeal to users on cognitive and emotional levels.
User Story Mapping for Minimum Lovable Productsuxpin
You'll learn:
How to visualize user needs instead of product features
How to make better decisions when prioritizing a UX backlog
How to align sprints with UX strategy
Design Rationale: 10 Steps to Killing it in Design ReviewsUXPA International
Design Reviews help drive the conversation around design. A good design rationale describes what you want your design to convey. It proves to the audience that you’ve solved the design problem by justifying every element of your design, showing that each and every element plays a part in the design solution. A good design rationale constantly answers the question why, and leaves attendees with a clear understanding of your design concept. This workshop will break down the creation of a strong design rationale into 10 very doable steps.
In this course, you will learn:
The 10 steps to developing a strong design rationale
Exercises to help craft a compelling story
Different tools to get you started
How to deal with difficult people/strong personalities
Best practices to help you drive the outcomes you need
Participants will come away with the tools they need to be successful in their next Design Review. There will be time for questions and real-world practice as well.
Adversarial to Harmonious: Building the Developer/UX ConnectionUXPA International
Ever worked on a project where Design and Development blended like oil and water? Whether you're on a UX team of one, or designing with the help of a whole department, the success of your work ends up in the hands of a developer.
Teams with specialized skillsets and certain cross-team cultures can put up walls between designers and developers. We will deconstruct these adversarial relationships from real-world examples, then learn how to convince, collaborate, and co-create.
Being stuck in a storming phase isn’t good for you, your product, and ultimately your users. Bringing harmony to your team is important to your success and your sanity. Hone your best expertise to build relationships, handle differences of opinion, and learn to speak geek to be heard!
Walk out with tools and techniques to stay efficient and deliver the best possible experience for the real human beings who will use it.
here's the presentation I gave at Enterprise 2.0 this morning. The slides are a little sparse. I'll write up some notes on my blog (disambiguity,com) as soon as I get a spare moment.
Great user experience design begins with great user experience teams and managers. This course will help user experience managers, leaders and aspiring leaders to create exciting, actionable strategies that will amplify the impact of their teams within their organizations. It will provide insights and approaches that have proven to be best practices across our field, and support their application to advance the strategies, overcome obstacles and drive change.
This webinar was presented by Rachida Amsaghrou for UXPA on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
Product Inclusion consists in applying inclusion throughout the product lifecycle to enhance product features and user adoption.
Designing a product that fulfills the expectations of a wide range of users is no easy task. The workforce tasked with building inclusive products needs to reflect the diverse needs global users have, hence the importance of diversity in the workforce.
This diversity needs to be cross-functional and present at every stage of the product design and development. Another pre-requisite to product inclusion is Know Your Customer to build products that reflect what they need and want. This will help better segment the market and reach a wider audience.
This webinar will examine the many dimensions of diversity in product inclusion and provide an overall picture of the current initiatives in this new field.
It can be difficult building a user experience strategy and championing a UX-driven culture in any organization, especially if you alone have been tasked with leading the charge. To create a clear role for UX within a company, you need to establish an identity deriving from the purpose of user experience and what it can deliver.
Our three presenters have been tasked with building a UX brand. Two presenters have done so within different divisions of the same Fortune 100 company. Our third presenter has led the UX function of a global leader in application security.
Our presenters will share their successes (and failures) that have enabled them to establish strong UX brands:
* Creating core principles
* Evolving core processes
* Standardizing hiring practices and job families
* Running training sessions to demystify UX
* Establishing a UX community
* Developing a visible presence
* Collaborating with teams outside your division
* Demonstrating UX success to executives
Many of us work in wireframes and lightweight interactive prototypes to capture, illustrate, discuss, and refine the layout and behavior of the interface we are working on — to design the user experience. And we recognize that visual design is critical for getting to polished, usable, and delightful user experiences. Sometimes, user experience designers are responsible for executing the detailed visual design, but often that is handled by someone else, a visual design specialist.
What are the best ways to facilitate the understanding of the design intent and the communication between the experience design and visual design roles, throughout the lifecycle of a project?
Rachel Sengers and Jennifer Chaffee provide practical ideas and recommendations for ensuring a smooth and effective collaboration between people in UX design and visual design roles.
First Impressions Matter: Onboarding for First Time UsersDesign for Context
Presentation by Lisa Battle at the UXPA2016 conference in Seattle, WA, on June 1, 2016.
What kind of first impression is your web or mobile application making? It may not be what you would hope. Many SaaS applications’ free trials are used only once. Sources say that most mobile apps are downloaded, used once and deleted. First time user experience, while critical to product success, may not be getting the attention it deserves.
During onboarding, a first-time user must transition from novice to an engaged, active and repeat user. They must immediately recognize what they can do, how they can do it, and why it benefits them. This talk presents design principles for great onboarding experiences that engage and inform new users, helping them become productive quickly. We discuss how to convey your value proposition, guide setup, remove barriers, streamline initial tasks via smart defaults, provide walkthroughs, and instruct at the point of use, drawing on examples from web applications, mobile apps, and devices.
Video available: http://www.designforcontext.com/insights/simplicity-web-application-design
Simplicity is one of the most important principles of design. It has been a pillar of design thinking for a very long time -- long before the advent of human factors, usability, and user experience. But, realistically, simplicity isn’t always simple. Commercial software, enterprise applications, software as a service (SaaS), and other highly interactive applications often have no choice but to do a great number of things, because they support a range of real world tasks, some of which are complex.
In this UXPA 2015 presentation, we discuss what to try when removing functionality or features isn’t an option. We provide practical questions to ask when deciding whether and how to simplify an application. And we summarize proven design techniques to use when simplifying applications, illustrated with examples from real projects.
Big Data in Small Graphics: Microvisulaizations in SAAS and Enterprise Applic...UXPA International
The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. We often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help expert users make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of a process or concept can provide orientation and help reduce the risk of mistakes. For all users, the micro-visualization is a small but powerful way to package detailed information in an easily digestible, visual form. Individually or arranged into arrays, these compact visual elements pack a huge punch, giving your users the ability to quickly assess trends, spot outliers, and identify priorities. This presentation will explore the use of data micro-visualizations to enhance user experience, the role of pre-attentive processing in your application’s visual language, and the impact of accessibility and responsiveness on both.
Social math provides a method for designers to make complex numerical data about an important cause both meaningful and understandable to your audience. Social math is a design process of telling a story with data that will motivate your users to engage in the behavior you intend.
This half-day course is appropriate for all levels of experience. The lessons focus on introducing the concept of social math and detailing a method to design using social math. Design activities provide an opportunity for attendees to practice using the method.
Attendees will learn:
How to define and identify social math
Why social math is an important part of an impactful design
When to incorporate social math into the design process
Where to find reliable data for designing with social math
A method for incorporating social math into their design
What additional resources exist for using social math
What's the Story? From Tactical to Strategic - Creating a Corporate Research ...UXPA International
You have a research team. You sit in meetings. Your team is developing a healthy research repertoire, including usability testing sessions, stakeholders interviews, expert reviews, and even manage to cram in the occasional remote testing project. Things are looking good.
You have a ton of insights coming in and the project teams are committed to applying the learnings in upcoming releases. But well-meaning stakeholders POs and PMs are still chasing quarterly objectives and you get the feeling the team is treading water and not advancing any real knowledge. Insights are unstructured, and it seems like you are running the same tests without developing any new major insights.
The Wall of User Knowledge is upon you and you feel you haven’t even scraped its surface. How can your research become predictive rather than reactive? How can you model user behaviour and build your insights into a company-wide tool? In a nutshell, how do you move from tactical to strategic?
This talk will focus on showcasing UX research transformation by showing different methods and tools to systematise insights and user knowledge into cohesive customer stories linked to experience streams. From note taking to advanced coding, from creating basic reference reports to developing a complete research framework, this talk will focus on the methods and structures that go into achieving a research delivery and modelling frame that can frame real user knowledge as a team narrative.
Presented by Alberto Ferreira
As presented at HOW 2018 in Boston. This presentation focuses on a series of really simple research methods that can be added to any project. Also looks briefly at how to select a research method and how to create our own to fit a situation.
When selling ourselves for our next job or project, we can use our Experience Design skills and a story-centered approach to craft an amazing portfolio and to interview successfully.
We will walk through the steps in the interview process from a user-centered approach, focusing on the online portfolio, the portfolio review, and the interview.
This talk will appeal to anyone starting out or seeking a job change by highlighting how you can set yourself apart in an already competitive field. With a user-centered mindset and a focus on telling a great story around your work, you can sell yourself and obtain the position you want.
You'll learn:
- How to run the right research on tight timelines
- How to plan research while still designing
- How object-oriented UX can improve the Agile process
Know Thyself, and to thine users be true: Understanding and Managing Biases t...UXPA International
Despite our best intentions, UX practitioners are subject to hidden biases and barriers as any of our fellow humans. It’s more important than ever to understand our own biases to make sure we can be most effective in our communication and our design work. Increasing application of AI and machine learning as well as ever increasing amounts of data on people particularly are areas where hidden and unmitigated biases can create bad and even harmful outcomes. We explore ways to discover and discuss biases constructively before they undermine work, look at case studies of products that suffered from hidden biases, and consider pragmatic approaches to manage their influence in our projects
Presented by Karen Bachmann
User experience doesn't happen on a screen: It happens in the mind.John Whalen
User experience is a vital component of mission-critical projects. The vast majority of experience is digital. We spend insane amounts of time and money designing UX for websites, apps and products to impress users. But the truth is UX isn’t a singular experience we can define. And it doesn’t happen on a screen – it happens in the mind. More specifically, the six minds.
Discover how UX is truly a collection of experiences occurring across six brain concentrations, each with their own processing styles and ideal states. And how, using psychological principles, you can uncover the conscious and subconscious needs of these six minds to appeal to users on cognitive and emotional levels.
User Story Mapping for Minimum Lovable Productsuxpin
You'll learn:
How to visualize user needs instead of product features
How to make better decisions when prioritizing a UX backlog
How to align sprints with UX strategy
Design Rationale: 10 Steps to Killing it in Design ReviewsUXPA International
Design Reviews help drive the conversation around design. A good design rationale describes what you want your design to convey. It proves to the audience that you’ve solved the design problem by justifying every element of your design, showing that each and every element plays a part in the design solution. A good design rationale constantly answers the question why, and leaves attendees with a clear understanding of your design concept. This workshop will break down the creation of a strong design rationale into 10 very doable steps.
In this course, you will learn:
The 10 steps to developing a strong design rationale
Exercises to help craft a compelling story
Different tools to get you started
How to deal with difficult people/strong personalities
Best practices to help you drive the outcomes you need
Participants will come away with the tools they need to be successful in their next Design Review. There will be time for questions and real-world practice as well.
Adversarial to Harmonious: Building the Developer/UX ConnectionUXPA International
Ever worked on a project where Design and Development blended like oil and water? Whether you're on a UX team of one, or designing with the help of a whole department, the success of your work ends up in the hands of a developer.
Teams with specialized skillsets and certain cross-team cultures can put up walls between designers and developers. We will deconstruct these adversarial relationships from real-world examples, then learn how to convince, collaborate, and co-create.
Being stuck in a storming phase isn’t good for you, your product, and ultimately your users. Bringing harmony to your team is important to your success and your sanity. Hone your best expertise to build relationships, handle differences of opinion, and learn to speak geek to be heard!
Walk out with tools and techniques to stay efficient and deliver the best possible experience for the real human beings who will use it.
here's the presentation I gave at Enterprise 2.0 this morning. The slides are a little sparse. I'll write up some notes on my blog (disambiguity,com) as soon as I get a spare moment.
Great user experience design begins with great user experience teams and managers. This course will help user experience managers, leaders and aspiring leaders to create exciting, actionable strategies that will amplify the impact of their teams within their organizations. It will provide insights and approaches that have proven to be best practices across our field, and support their application to advance the strategies, overcome obstacles and drive change.
This webinar was presented by Rachida Amsaghrou for UXPA on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
Product Inclusion consists in applying inclusion throughout the product lifecycle to enhance product features and user adoption.
Designing a product that fulfills the expectations of a wide range of users is no easy task. The workforce tasked with building inclusive products needs to reflect the diverse needs global users have, hence the importance of diversity in the workforce.
This diversity needs to be cross-functional and present at every stage of the product design and development. Another pre-requisite to product inclusion is Know Your Customer to build products that reflect what they need and want. This will help better segment the market and reach a wider audience.
This webinar will examine the many dimensions of diversity in product inclusion and provide an overall picture of the current initiatives in this new field.
It can be difficult building a user experience strategy and championing a UX-driven culture in any organization, especially if you alone have been tasked with leading the charge. To create a clear role for UX within a company, you need to establish an identity deriving from the purpose of user experience and what it can deliver.
Our three presenters have been tasked with building a UX brand. Two presenters have done so within different divisions of the same Fortune 100 company. Our third presenter has led the UX function of a global leader in application security.
Our presenters will share their successes (and failures) that have enabled them to establish strong UX brands:
* Creating core principles
* Evolving core processes
* Standardizing hiring practices and job families
* Running training sessions to demystify UX
* Establishing a UX community
* Developing a visible presence
* Collaborating with teams outside your division
* Demonstrating UX success to executives
Many of us work in wireframes and lightweight interactive prototypes to capture, illustrate, discuss, and refine the layout and behavior of the interface we are working on — to design the user experience. And we recognize that visual design is critical for getting to polished, usable, and delightful user experiences. Sometimes, user experience designers are responsible for executing the detailed visual design, but often that is handled by someone else, a visual design specialist.
What are the best ways to facilitate the understanding of the design intent and the communication between the experience design and visual design roles, throughout the lifecycle of a project?
Rachel Sengers and Jennifer Chaffee provide practical ideas and recommendations for ensuring a smooth and effective collaboration between people in UX design and visual design roles.
First Impressions Matter: Onboarding for First Time UsersDesign for Context
Presentation by Lisa Battle at the UXPA2016 conference in Seattle, WA, on June 1, 2016.
What kind of first impression is your web or mobile application making? It may not be what you would hope. Many SaaS applications’ free trials are used only once. Sources say that most mobile apps are downloaded, used once and deleted. First time user experience, while critical to product success, may not be getting the attention it deserves.
During onboarding, a first-time user must transition from novice to an engaged, active and repeat user. They must immediately recognize what they can do, how they can do it, and why it benefits them. This talk presents design principles for great onboarding experiences that engage and inform new users, helping them become productive quickly. We discuss how to convey your value proposition, guide setup, remove barriers, streamline initial tasks via smart defaults, provide walkthroughs, and instruct at the point of use, drawing on examples from web applications, mobile apps, and devices.
Aligning Your Organization's Strategic Direction, Roadmaps, and Technology, A...Design for Context
When driving, we use GPS to navigate in real time, with immediate recalculations around obstacles. We know our goal, and technology supports our movement. Yet association technology management is different with multiple departments travelling individual routes with interim destinations in the larger journey. How can we better use roadmaps to plan our technology journeys and keep everyone in sync? Gain insights to help you coordinate organization and technology goals across parallel initiatives and departments. Evaluate roadmap-building techniques, strategies for creating a common vision, tools to align member/user goals with organizational goals, and tactics to course-correct along the journey.
This is the latest version of my many presentation about how strategic innovation can be driven via meaningful experiences. In included update material I've presented in the USA, Belgium, Chile, Buenos Aires, and Korea, etc. (May 2009)
In the digital age, good design doesn’t just result in products, it results in new relationships.
What does it really mean to be “digital”? How do non-software organisations thrive in today’s disruptive landscape? What are the key components that make for a digital transformation?
In his keynote, Alvaro introduces the necessary components for today's organisations to thrive through Strategic Design and Experience Strategy.
Levine-Clark, Michael, John McDonald, and Jason Price. Discovery or Displacement? A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Discovery Systems on Online Journal Usage. July 23, 2014.
Discovery Systeme - Fluch oder Segen für BibliothekarInnen? Dörte Böhner
Anja Knoll - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Universitätsbibliothek, Lüneburg
Dörte Böhner - ehem. Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg; jetzt: Fachinformationszentrum der Bundeswehr, Wiki-Service Bw, Bonn; Bibliothekarisch.de, Königswinter, Deutschland
Derzeit sind Discovery Systeme in den Bibliotheken in der Erprobungsphase und wir beobachten, wie sie sich auf die alltägliche Arbeit in unseren Institutionen auswirken. Unser Zwiegespräch soll Probleme und Vorteile im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen OPACs und Datenbanken aufzeigen.
Was spricht für das Angebot von Discovery Systemen? Sind diese gut gemacht und ausgereift genug, um den Ansprüchen und Erwartungen unserer Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sowie auch unseren eigenen gerecht zu werden? Stellt diese Suchinstrumente eine Erleichterung bei der Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz dar oder macht es das Erlernen des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens komplizierter? Sind Discovery Systeme effektiv einsetzbar im bibliothekarischen Recherchealltag? Entlasten sie uns, uns intensiver mit dem Rechercheverhalten unserer Nutzerinnen und Nutzer auseinanderzusetzen?
Der Vortrag richtet sich an Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, die in Discovery Systemen die Chance sehen, ihren Nutzerinnen und Nutzern eine aus bibliothekarischer Sicht brauchbare Alternative zu Amazon, Google & Co anzubieten. Die beiden Referentinnen arbeiten aus eigenen Erfahrungen das Für und Wider in Bezug auf Discovery Systeme heraus, unabhängig vom Anbieter. Ziel ist es, ein ergebnisoffenes Streitgespräch zu führen, welches die Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer zum Weiterdenken anregt und ihnen eine eigene kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Thematik ermöglicht.
Introduction to Enterprise Search. A two hour class to introduce Enterprise Search. It covers:
The problems enterprise search can solve
History of (web) search
How we search and find?
Current state of Enterprise Search + stats
Technical concept
Information quality
Feedback cycle
Five dimensions of Findability
Introduction to Microsoft Search #SRC101 #365EduCon 20211214Kanwal Khipple
Microsoft Search is looking to bring the search experiences across all Microsoft 365 services together into a single unified experience.
Attend this session to learn how the experience impacts your users, how you can configure it as well as scenarios where you should customize it.
Field Research at the Speed of BusinessPaul Sherman
Field research: to many it's the gold standard of user-centered design. Want to learn more about how your current or prospective customers think, work, live and play? Go observe them.
If you're early or even mid-career, organising, carrying out and analysing the results of field research can seem daunting and time-consuming. This tutorial will provide you with information and resources you can use immediately to start conducting insightful and effective field research.
Presented at UX in the City Oxford 2017, April 2017, Oxford UK.
Requirements Engineering for the HumanitiesShawn Day
This workshop explores how requirements engineering can be employed by digital and non-digital humanities scholars (and others) to conceptualise and communicate a research project.
requirementsEngineeringAs the field of digital humanities has evolved, one of the biggest challenges has been getting the marrying technical expertise with humanities scholarly practice to successfully deliver sustainable and sound digital projects. At its core this is a communications exercise. However, to communicate effectively demands an ability to effectively translate, define and find clarity in your own mind.
LPCx Barcelona: How to use the design thinking methodology to revamp your API?Thiga
Join our Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/LPCx-Barcelona/ and feel free to post your feedback. We'll keep you posted on the next event soon!
How to use the design thinking methodology to revamp your API?
Almost any digital product should be able to focus on the main problem it tries to solve and accept the fundamentally chaotic nature of the ecosystem it lives in.
The best way to address both goals is to have a clear API strategy and to put external developers at the heart of your roadmap.
In order to do this, you can use the design thinking methodology to outline the best developer experience you want to deliver.
Alessandro is a seasoned Product Manager with a deep knowledge of the travel industry and a combined background in engineering and business. Currently lead product manager at Weekendesk, he oversees their inbound and outbound APIs strategy.
Microsoft Search is looking to bring the search experiences across all Microsoft 365 services together into a single unified experience. Attend this session to learn how the experience impacts your users, how you can configure it as well as scenarios where you should customize it.
Search Solutions 2011: Successful Enterprise Search By DesignMarianne Sweeny
When your colleagues say they want Google, they don’t mean the Google Search Appliance. They mean the Google Search user experience: pervasive, expedient and delivering the information that they need. Successful enterprise search does not start with the application features, is not part of the information architecture, does not come from a controlled vocabulary and does not emerge on its own from the developers. It requires enterprise-specific data mining, enterprise-specific user-centered design and fine tuning to turn “search sucks” into search success within the firewall. This presentation looks at action items, tools and deliverables for Discovery, Planning, Design and Post Launch phases of an enterprise search deployment.
Microsoft Search is looking to bring the search experiences across all Microsoft 365 services together into a single unified experience. Attend this session to learn how the experience impacts your users, how you can configure it as well as scenarios where you should customize it.
Marketing AI - How to Build a Keyword OntologyDan Segal
From a workshop presented at MinneWebCon 2018. Keywords are the life’s blood of a marketing enterprise. Most marketing organizations struggle to find the right keywords for their teams. At IBM we built a keyword ontology, which is a fancy name for a set of taxonomies related to the keywords our target audiences most often use in their search queries. We use the ontology to ensure that new pages are built with the language of the customer. This workshop discusses the use of AI-enhanced processes to drive keyword management, as well as practical methods for search and IA success.
Kelly Goto from gotoresearch takes you through the rigorous approach and process applied to Rapid UX Research Cycles to allow insights and mental models to emerge in 6-weeks instead of 6-months.
UX Field Research Toolkit - Updated for Big Design 2018Kelly Moran
Looking for practice with in-depth UXR fieldwork methods? You may have read about these techniques in the past, but methods must be practiced to be understood. projekt202 has been employing the experience research craft with great success since 2003. This workshop is your opportunity to try these tools of the trade in a structured environment without pressing deadlines or looming stakeholders. Our experienced research and design professionals will share industry tips and tricks that will help you put theory to practice.
The workshop will be hands-on and interactive; instructional elements will be reinforced with stories of impact to real projects. We will not only cover methods of gathering user data, but the importance of spending time internalizing and analyzing the data through activities such as affinity diagramming, persona building, and journey mapping. Participants will gain exposure to these important practices in a low-pressure atmosphere and with the guidance of experienced professionals.
Introduction to enterprise search for intranets and websitesKristian Norling
An introduction to Enterprise Search. A two hour course to introduce Enterprise Search by Kristian Norling. This is a class I love to do, so if you have interest in it for on premise/in-house class or at a conference or such, please contact me.
The course covers:
- Problems for enterprise search to solve.
- Web Search
- How we search and find?
- Current state of Enterprise Search, including stats
- Technical concept
- Information quality and metadata
- Feedback cycle
- Five dimensions of Findability
IA-for-AI: An evolving framework for a changing IA practiceDesign for Context
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically changing—reshaping—the human and design landscape of computers, the internet, and society. It is increasingly used in engines behind many decision-making tools and information resources, as well as in machines (vehicles, drones, robots, etc.).
AI uses information models, structured data/content, real-world contextual sensor data, and formalized instructions to shape the machine’s “understanding” of information spaces and tasks. These elements are familiar to anyone working in the field of IA and UX. But the focus is changing: We now need methods to shape software that learns dynamically in real-time interaction with users.
This talk challenges us to engage in the transformational change to our practice, designing for and with AI. Alongside a reflection on our vital roles, I present an emerging Collaboration/Action Framework to support AI design, helping us think about language, models, methods, and how we communicate with developers and stakeholders. During the conference, rich conversations emerged within the IA community about how our involvement in creating responsible and engaging AI tools will change and shape the IA community over the coming years.
Duane Degler
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Discussion of various Design for Context website projects where archival collection information (data, images, categorization) has been incorporated with art object data, historical events data, etc. Presented to the Linked Art Working Group, which is developing standards for shareable linked data in the museum, archives and cultural field. Presented 16-Nov-2022.
With art/culture provenance information, dealing with the inevitable uncertainties and subjectivity creates challenges for modeling provenance as linked data. Over the course of a number of projects, Design for Context has worked with art provenance. In this presentation, we outline some questions and considerations for others.
Hello, meet Hola! Design for mixed-language interfacesDesign for Context
A global online user population necessitates the exchange of content from different sources, and the ability to aggregate multilingual content is a critical requirement within many research and business contexts. Mixed-language content provides a rich information set, while adding another layer of complexity and scale, which we can address through thoughtful UX design. To effectively reach a global audience and provide access to content in multiple languages, we must structure mixed-language content to support its successful presentation and delivery, and provide innovative designs that facilitate exploration.
In this talk given at the UXPA conference, we discuss real-world examples for:
– Presenting content in multiple languages so it co-exists well on the screen and in search
– Designing interfaces that support navigating, exploring, and understanding content available in multiple languages
– Structuring content to support a flexible, scalable multilingual information management approach
Some of the examples in this slideshow are from projects we have worked on, and some are not.
Good facilitation skills are essential for many content strategy tasks and projects. Guiding internal colleagues as well as external groups to shared, successful outcomes serves essential project needs, including: team and stakeholder consensus, a clear strategic vision, and the ability to see content in context.
An effective facilitator does this by considering and balancing multiple individual perspectives and priorities within over-arching business goals--while also keeping user needs and goals at the forefront. Design for Context’s Duane Degler discusses techniques and approaches to channel the passions and personal goals of each participant, effectively guiding the group towards successful outcomes.
User and Information Design Considerations for Effective Semantic SearchDesign for Context
Presented by Duane Degler, Design for Context, at the NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference in Alexandria, VA, on February 14, 2019.
Semantic search seeks to enhance the meaning in content, to more closely align the searcher and the available information resources. This means there is a strong user-centered aspect needed to unlock the benefits. What scenarios, needs, experiences, and mental models do our user bring to their search task? How does that inform our modeling of the “meaning” derived from the content? How do we avoid encoding rigidity of meaning by creating learning opportunities for both the users and the underlying search index and algorithms?
As we model content, we recognize that its character, structure, and context all matter. Alongside strategies for incorporating taxonomies and indexing the content itself, we will explore how you can prepare a knowledge graph that increases the potential for aligning meaning between your content and your users.
On the user experience side, we will introduce design approaches such as supporting iteration for exploratory search, modeling a language landscape, applying user context identification, creating feedback loops based on results selection and use, and using visual signposting for lightweight semantics in the user interface.
Know Thyself, and To Thine Users Be True: Understanding and Managing Biases t...Design for Context
Presented by Design for Context's Karen Bachmann at the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) Conference June 28, 2018, in Puerto Rico.
Despite our best intentions, UX practitioners are subject to hidden biases and barriers as any of our fellow humans. It’s more important than ever to understand our own biases to make sure we can be most effective in our communication and our design work. Increasing application of AI and machine learning as well as ever increasing amounts of data on people particularly are areas where hidden and unmitigated biases can create bad and even harmful outcomes. We explore ways to discover and discuss biases constructively before they undermine work, look at case studies of products that suffered from hidden biases, and consider pragmatic approaches to manage their influence in our projects.
Archives Strengthening Historical Narrative: Sharing digital and linked data ...Design for Context
Private collections provide engaging windows into little-known subjects that, when made discoverable, are incredibly relevant to many diverse audiences. The Texas Coastal Bend Collection (TCBC) is a digital-first private collection that offers rich insight into the culture of the Texas Coastal Bend ranching communities, starting with the Irish immigration in 1834. The site’s topic-based framework immerses people in the region’s cultural history. Rich, well-structured metadata (subjects, people, places, historic events, relationships) allows every page to be a gateway for exploring over 200 artistic photographs, 9,000 images, archival documents, books, maps, genealogies, and 1,400 hours of oral history.
We describe the strategies and tools that enable rich exploration of the TCBC’s unique resources, its maintenance by a small dedicated staff, and how meaningful digital connections with other institutions can foster storytelling across an array of subjects. The digital approach that underpins the TCBC, incorporating highly structured categorization, linked data, IIIF, and a unique audio player, provides insights that can be used by other museums and archives.
Going Global: The Intersection of IA and UX in a Multilingual EnvironmentDesign for Context
A global online community necessitates the exchange of content from many sources and across languages. Advances in the semantic web and linked data enable the aggregation of diverse content. Multilingual content provides potential for a richer information set while adding a layer of complexity to our projects. As information architects, we need to structure multilingual content to support its successful presentation and delivery. As user experience designers, we need to provide innovative designs that facilitate exploration of that content. How do different data modeling, linking, and ontology decisions affect the UX design? How can IA and UX support each other?
In this talk at IA Summit 2018 in Chicago, IL, USA, we focus on two specific areas:
- Structuring multilingual source content and enabling multilingual authors to contribute to a repository
- Designing wayfinding that supports navigating, exploring, and understanding content in sites that are sourced from multiple languages
Drawing from our experiences in the digital humanities space, we discuss real world examples for:
- Data modeling strategies, ontologies, taxonomies and metadata that support a flexible, scalable multilingual information management system
- Several multilingual data-driven interfaces and what they reveal about the challenges or opportunities in harmonizing multilingual content
- Patterns for displaying and navigating to content that is provided in different languages
Just as building and city architects can’t control every use and evolution of their spaces over time, it is also true that information architects need to anticipate – but not control – the various people who engage with information spaces. This includes regular inhabitants, visitors, and those who never engage directly with the space but have a more distant interaction – suppliers of goods and services, and people who are affected by the decisions and actions of those within the space.
Built spaces are not static, they are dynamic. The idea of designing your IA to respond to dynamic conditions is not new, but what does that mean in practice? How do we approach our work and the additional responsibilities that arise in these spaces?
We can create ecosystems that accommodate a range of different information sources and uses. We can also support the immediate goals and needs of the current stakeholders, while anticipating the long-term evolution of what we build. We will incorporate terms we know into our process – terms like adaptive, responsive, flexible, emergent, empowering – but with deeper meanings, as they have to guide the use of sophisticated information models and advanced/AI technologies.
This talk provides an overview of the dynamic information landscape, positions the role of IA firmly at the heart of its ecosystem design, and provides ideas for weaving this into your practice.
Integrating Taxonomies and Ontologies into Enterprise Search and BrowseDesign for Context
Presented by Duane Degler, on February 6, 2018, at the Data Harmony User Group in Albuquerque, NM.
Over the course of multiple search projects, we have found ways to increase taxonomy integration into search and browse. For users to get the greatest value out of your taxonomies, the structures need to be woven into the indexing strategies for search and browse. You also can incorporate capabilities into the user interface to help users interact with taxonomy terms in ways that increase usability and relevance. Ultimately, you want to leverage your taxonomies into feedback loops that help you refine both the taxonomy and the content over time. New features in Data Harmony can potentially extend your capabilities even further. This talk will briefly outline approaches for drawing the greatest value from your taxonomies for your users.
Presentation by Michael Owens and Lesley Humphreys at the Baltimore UX Meetup, on May 9, 2017.
As user experience professionals, we know that the principles of universal design benefit everyone: we should strive to make our information and our applications accessible to all. However, accessibility can seem like an overwhelming topic – where do we start? What are the guidelines? What is the UX designer’s role in the process? In this presentation, we introduce the standards, including the recently published WCAG 2.1 guidelines, look at some assistive technologies, and explore the types of deliverables that can be used to specify accessibility compliant interactions.
Presentation by Karen Bachmann at the UXPA2017 conference in Toronto, Ontario, on June 6, 2017.
Ethics is fundamentally about doing the right thing for people, not about complying with laws. Yet incorporating ethics into our design practice can be challenging. Even the discussion can make people uncomfortable. This presentation covers how to talk carrots (value) and not sticks (legality) to make ethics a core human-centered design constraint.
Split Focus: Designing Applications for Multiple Monitor SetupsDesign for Context
Presentation by Lisa Battle, Rachel Sengers, and Michael Owens at the UXPA2017 conference in Toronto, Ontario, on June 8, 2017.
The next big challenge on the horizon for UX in application design is not about the small screen—it’s about going large. Large monitors keep getting cheaper – and higher resolution – so many users working with SaaS and enterprise applications today have multiple monitors on their desks. It is frustrating for those users when applications do not scale well to a larger size, wasting screen real estate, and not taking advantage of the additional monitors to support side-by-side comparisons and multi-tasking that are common to knowledge workers in many domains. As UX design consultants, we are increasingly seeing opportunities to improve user experience and productivity for business users by utilizing multiple monitors. In this presentation, we discuss new UX design patterns and challenges that arise in software and web-based application design for multiple monitors, illustrating them with real project examples.
Perspectives on Open Source for Museums’ Digital ProjectsDesign for Context
Presentation by Duane Degler (Design for Context), David Newbury (Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh), and Robert Sanderson (The J. Paul Getty Trust) at the American Alliance of Museums 2017 Annual Meeting & MuseumEXPO in St. Louis, MO, on May 10, 2017.
Open-source software has transformed the technology industry, and the movement's goals of community and access align closely with our museums' missions. So why do our open-source projects so often fail to succeed? Three experienced panelists offer three different perspectives and discuss topics such as the role of community and how to foster it, the importance of maintenance and maintainers, Not-Invented-Here, reputation capital, alignment issues with grant-funded projects, business models for open-source projects, and long-term sustainability.
Micro-visualizations: Small Visualizations that Make a Big ImpactDesign for Context
Presentation by Rachel Sengers and Lisa Battle at the UXDC2017 conference in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2017.
We hear a lot about visualizations for big data these days, but what about small data? The power of communicating data visually can’t be overstated. When designing for expert users, we often need to convey a lot of information at a glance to help them make quick decisions and work efficiently. For infrequent or novice users, a visual overview of a process or concept can provide orientation and help reduce the risk of mistakes. Enter the micro-visualization, a way of packaging detailed information in an easily digestible, visual way. In this presentation, we present examples of several different types of micro-visualizations and discuss how they can be used effectively to improve user experience.
User Experience Design Considerations for Multi-Museum CollaborationsDesign for Context
We increasingly engage in projects where we are asked to accommodate multiple collections, sites, and institutions into the planning, data modeling, and overall user experience. And we see a trend where grant funders actively encourage collaborations, so these kinds of digital projects may become common. It is important to think beyond the typical patterns of grouping sets of objects into institution-specific views, or presenting a mash-up as if it is just one big collection. As we think about collaborations involving online collections, we have identified human-centered user experience considerations and requirements to share with the community.
Designing Great Dashboards for SaaS and Enterprise ApplicationsDesign for Context
Presentation by Lisa Battle at the UXPA2016 conference in Seattle, WA, on June 3, 2016.
Many SaaS and enterprise applications today provide dashboards giving users an overview of how their business is performing and summarizing the work that needs to be done. Dashboards present a great opportunity to improve user experience by providing quick answers to users’ common questions, but they are also full of potential pitfalls for design. As UX design consultants, we are frequently asked to design (or redesign) dashboards for applications, and through that experience we have established best practices for dashboard design. We will discuss our approach to ensuring a good user experience for dashboards, focusing on 8 principles of UX design that are particularly relevant and illustrating them with real project examples.
First Impressions Matter: Onboarding for First Time UsersDesign for Context
Presentation by Lisa Battle at the UXDC2015 conference in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2015.
What kind of first impression is your web or mobile application making? It may not be what you would hope. Many SaaS applications’ free trials are used only once. Sources say that most mobile apps are downloaded, used once and deleted. First time user experience, while critical to product success, may not be getting the attention it deserves.
During onboarding, a first-time user must transition from novice to an engaged, active and repeat user. They must immediately recognize what they can do, how they can do it, and why it benefits them. This talk presents design principles for great onboarding experiences that engage and inform new users, helping them become productive quickly. We discuss how to convey your value proposition, guide setup, remove barriers, streamline initial tasks via smart defaults, provide walkthroughs, and instruct at the point of use, drawing on examples from web applications, mobile apps, and devices.
Transforming Brand Perception and Boosting Profitabilityaaryangarg12
In today's digital era, the dynamics of brand perception, consumer behavior, and profitability have been profoundly reshaped by the synergy of branding, social media, and website design. This research paper investigates the transformative power of these elements in influencing how individuals perceive brands and products and how this transformation can be harnessed to drive sales and profitability for businesses.
Through an exploration of brand psychology and consumer behavior, this study sheds light on the intricate ways in which effective branding strategies, strategic social media engagement, and user-centric website design contribute to altering consumers' perceptions. We delve into the principles that underlie successful brand transformations, examining how visual identity, messaging, and storytelling can captivate and resonate with target audiences.
Methodologically, this research employs a comprehensive approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses. Real-world case studies illustrate the impact of branding, social media campaigns, and website redesigns on consumer perception, sales figures, and profitability. We assess the various metrics, including brand awareness, customer engagement, conversion rates, and revenue growth, to measure the effectiveness of these strategies.
The results underscore the pivotal role of cohesive branding, social media influence, and website usability in shaping positive brand perceptions, influencing consumer decisions, and ultimately bolstering sales and profitability. This paper provides actionable insights and strategic recommendations for businesses seeking to leverage branding, social media, and website design as potent tools to enhance their market position and financial success.
White wonder, Work developed by Eva TschoppMansi Shah
White Wonder by Eva Tschopp
A tale about our culture around the use of fertilizers and pesticides visiting small farms around Ahmedabad in Matar and Shilaj.
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up-‐to-‐date
on
hematological
cancer
involving
Velcade
as
an
agent"
» Take
a
successful
search
strategy
and
give
it
an
idenCty
» Focus
on
new
and
unique
results
» Search
parameters
and
filters
are
not
necessarily
related
to
a
specific
result
set
REFINE
Formulate Seek Evaluate Review
KEEP
14. @design4context
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14
» Agent
for
others
» Sharing
» Refinement
might
be
mulC-‐session,
iteraCve,
not
real-‐Cme
» FormulaCon
task
requires:
• NegoCaCon
to
arCculate
goals
and
scope
• TranslaCon
REFINE
Formulate Seek Evaluate Review
KEEP
SEARCH STYLE:
CollaboraCve
"What
is
the
maximum
dosage
for
aspirin
per
day?"
”Is
this
for
an
adult
or
a
child?"
”A
child."
”
How
many
milligrams
is
your
aspirin
pill?"
16. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
● Set
the
scene
● Let
the
user
define
scenarios
whenever
possible
● Be
clear,
together,
about
the
context
that
you
are
tesCng
for,
so
the
person
can
get
in
that
mental
space
● Test
in
their
environment
whenever
possible
• Comfort
• Secondary
resources
● IdenCfy
expected
outcomes
● Dig
to
learn
what
the
person
wants
to
do
with
informaCon
● Collect
examples
of
work
products
/
outputs
they
create
now
ConsideraCons
for
tesCng
search
designs
16
17. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
● It’s
a
thinking
process
● Test
with
real
content
–
as
much
as
you
can
get
● Use
content
that
is
meaningful
/
familiar
● Encourage
conversaCon
–
formaCve
protocols
encouraged
● Iterate
rouCnely
and
rapidly
● Mix
your
parCcipants
–
some
regular,
some
new
each
Cme
● Work
with
real
code
in
the
back-‐end,
lightweight
interacCve
prototypes
on
the
front-‐end
• The
experience
is
tacCle
and
cogniCve
● Include
a
longitudinal
study
● Search
tools
for
large
content
environments
and
enterprise
take
Cme
for
a
person
to
incorporate
into
a
rouCne
● ReflecCon
is
an
important
aspect
of
user
feedback
ConsideraCons
for
tesCng
search
designs
17
19. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Unstructured
Content
Models
Metadata,
Terms,
Thesaurus
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Results
Page
Text,
Image
Voice,
20. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Unstructured
Content
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
.
.
.
enhanced
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Results
Page
FUTURE
Text,
ApplicaCon
23. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Deciding
what
to
search
for,
and
how
What
do
I
need
to
find?
Where
should
I
look?
How
is
this
different
than
what
I
searched
for
before?
What
words
or
phrases
should
I
use
to
describe
the
subject?
24. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Formula/ng
aligns
goals
with
concepts
about
informaCon
The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search Interface
Marcia Bates, 1989, http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/berrypicking.html
Berry
picking
ê
Evolving
understanding
How
do
we
help
users
align
their
goals
with
the
available
informaCon
space?
25. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
RecogniCon,
not
recall:
Search
suggesCons
CURRENT
Consider
how
you
retrieve
and
structure
the
terms
you
present.
26. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Capture
thinking
process
when
it
happens
FUTURE
The increase in OA-related musculoskeletal pain especially in
the growing elderly population has created heightened interest in
effective treatments with better safety profiles. The Glucosamine/
chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT) was designed to
examine the effects of the dietary supplements glucosamine and
chondroitin sulfate given alone or in combination as compared to
celecoxib or placebo on pain associated with osteoarthritis of the
knee. The primary symptomatic outcome assessment of the
GAIT study was after 24 weeks of randomized, double-blinded,
placebo-controlled therapy.[6] An ancillary structural study
describing the effects of the agents on radiographic joint space
width loss for up to two years has also recently been reported.[7]
To date, very few data have been reported for the long-term
treatment of OA with any agent including the supplements and
celecoxib studied here. Patients in the structural study continued
to have safety and clinical efficacy assessments at all scheduled
visits. This paper details the clinical efficacy and safety
experience with these agents alone and in combination along
with celecoxib as compared to placebo in patients from this
subset of GAIT over 24 months offollow-up.
chondroitin sulfate
celcoxib
radiographic joint space
Add note, action
Search on this now
Tag for!Tag for search!
Prior
search
formulaCons
and
strategies
are
products
Search Phrase
Search Builder Assist:
Operator Toolbar
Special Symbols
Equations and Formulas
arthritis +4
and methotrexate
arthritis – synonyms and instances
" Ankylosing spondylitis
þ Gonococcal arthritis
" Gout
" Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
þ Psoriatic arthritis
þ Reactive arthritis (Reiter syndrome)
þ Rheumatoid arthritis (in adults)
" Scleroderma
" Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
+ Add another
27. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
RouCne,
automated
search
CURRENT
How
will
these
searches
evolve
as
a
person’s
interests
and
needs
change?
Think
longitudinally.
28. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Under
the
covers,
using
AI,
this
is
about
pa.ern-‐matching.
Seqng
personalizaCon
30. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Refine
personalizaCon
via
richer
models
FUTURE
Showing
aspects
of
structure
helps
someone
focus
on
their
specific
interests.
31. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Unstructured
Content
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Results
Page
FUTURE
Profile
Text,
SemanCc
Processing
Save
User
Model
Index/
Graph
db
Formulate
32. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
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● Help
a
person
make
needs
and
interests
more
explicit
● Capture
what
they
are
thinking
before
they
start
searching,
in
context
of
other
tasks
and
applicaCons
● Find
streamlined
ways
to
support
refining
and
changing
interests
over
Cme
● RouCne
searches
decay
–
refinement
extends
engagement
● Surface
underlying
models
● ParCcularly
for
knowledge-‐intensive
and
longitudinal,
mulC-‐session
tasks
● Be
humble
–
and
create
a
humble
experience
Design
consideraCons
Formulate
34. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
CURRENT
Keywords,
type
ahead
and
scoping
35. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
CURRENT
Mobile
search
relies
heavily
on
type-‐ahead
36. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
CURRENT
DisambiguaCon
Present
informaCon
that
is
recognizable
and
supports
user
decision-‐making.
37. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Advanced
search
CURRENT
The
common
trend
is
to
move
detailed
parameter
refinement
to
Results
page,
as
facet
filters,
to
avoid
“0
results”…
38. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Parameter-‐driven
“advanced”
searches
CURRENT
Parameters
are
the
same
(to
the
user,
in
the
code)
for
the
search
and
for
facet
management
on
the
results
page.
The
OpCcal
Society
(OSA),
h.ps://osapublishing.org
39. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
EnCty
disambiguaCon
from
a
model
FUTURE
40. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Parsing:
Exposing
thesaurus
for
user
control
For
very
knowledgeable
researchers,
it
builds
trust
when
you
are
transparent
and
offer
control.
42. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
What
states
surround
Missouri?
InterpretaCon
of
search
phrases
42
43. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
What
is
the
populaCon
in
the
states
surrounding
Missouri?
InterpretaCon
of
search
phrases
43
Geographic
bordering
relaConships
US
State
as
focus
State
(geographic)
Number
of
residents
44. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Calculate
difference
Specific
Cme
period
for
data
Geographic
bordering
relaConships
US
State
as
focus
State
(geographic)
Number
of
residents
What
is
the
change
in
populaCon
in
the
states
surrounding
Missouri,
between
2012-‐2014?
InterpretaCon
of
search
phrases
44
FUTURE
And
this
is
sCll
a
simple
quesCon,
when
compared
with
what
researchers
and
analysts
ask
of
their
data
today.
45. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Smarter
search
boxes
(clinical decision support) (device or console or computer or apparatus)AND
Q-22 «
OR OR OR SAME Q-17 »
“clinical decision”
“decision support”
“clinical decision support”
Phrase
structures
support
supported
supporting
supportive
Stemming
Synonyms
(thesauri)
Operator combinations Dynamic controls
FUTURE
46. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Image
search
46
FUTURE
http://culturecam.eu
AlternaCve
entry
methods
for
large
amounts
of
rich
media
should
be
explored.
47. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Voice-‐acCvated
search…
a
conversaCon
FUTURE
Try
building
in
comprehension
check-‐points.
48. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
ProacCve
search:
Solving
a
real-‐world
content
problem
48
User’sawarenessofneed
Nature of content related to task
Prohibited Not available
Specific awareness of
content and ability to
articulate problem
Required Available
Awareness of problem
but little ability to
articulate
No awareness of need
for information
“I don’t know
what I need to know”
“I know what I’m
looking for--
get me to it!”
Identify
via analyzing
content and
term use
Identify
via direct user
feedback
Identify
via task
performance
assessment
“I didn’t know
I needed that”
Degler/Ba.le
(2003).
Can
Topic
Maps
Describe
Enterprise-‐Wide
Context?
h.p://www.designforcontext.com/publicaCons/dd-‐lb_topic-‐maps_context_extreme2003.pdf
“Just tell me
what I
absolutely
must know”
49. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Unstructured
Content
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Results
Page
Speech
Language
Images
FUTURE
Profile
Context
Parameters
Text,
SemanCc
Processing
Terms,
Tags
Interpreted
meaning
NLP,
Enrich,
Auto-‐Tag
Unstructured
Content
Semi-‐structured
Index/
Graph
db
Seek
50. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
50
● Simple
is
best
.
.
.
● But
no
simpler
that
what
supports
a
person
to
express
what
they
need
as
precisely
as
they
are
able
● Allow
someone
to
use
examples
wherever
possible
● The
trend
is
to
move
complexity
to
the
results,
because
decisions
are
evaluated
against
real
informaCon
● Think
iteraCvely
.
.
.
And
longitudinally
● In
many
cases,
search
is
a
mulC-‐step
and
mulC-‐session
task
(exploratory,
archival,
collaboraCve
in
parCcular)
● Be
humble
–
and
create
a
humble
experience
Design
consideraCons
Seek
52. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Results
page
Refinements
User
choices
Ac/ons
View
controls
Results
Meta-‐results
CURRENT
(Ranked
Instances)
(Facets)
53. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Facets
53
CURRENT
HierarchyMulti-select Incremental DisclosureSimple list
Scoping
54. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Managing
the
evaluaCon
process…
CURRENT
These
habits
will
remain
–
consider
how
to
work
with
them.
55. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Mobile
results
–
answering
direct
quesCons
Shazam
CURRENT
Google
Maps
56. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Mobile
results
–
could
a
conversaCon
help?
iTriage
CURRENT
WebMD
How
quickly
do
you
go
to
individual
results
items?
57. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Answers
instead
of
“results”
(“Things,
not
Strings”
-‐
2012)
FUTURE
59. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Exploratory:
Blend
results
&
topics
(Intent
Streams)
Salvatore Andolina, Khalil Klouche, Jaakko Peltonen, Mohammad Hoque, Tuukka Ruotsalo, Diogo Cabral, Arto Klami, Dorota Głowacka, Patrik Floréen, and Giulio Jacucci. 2015.
IntentStreams: Smart Parallel Search Streams for Branching Exploratory Search. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '15). ACM,
New York, NY, USA, 300-305. DOI=10.1145/2678025.2701401 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2678025.2701401
FUTURE
60. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
VisualizaCons:
User
control
is
key
FUTURE
Antti Kangasrääsiö, Dorota Glowacka, and Samuel Kaski. 2015. Improving Controllability and Predictability of Interactive Recommendation Interfaces for
Exploratory Search. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 247-251.
DOI=10.1145/2678025.2701371 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2678025.2701371
61. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Snippets
Snippets
displayed and
highlighted
upon
mouseover
Upon click,
display snippet
expansion
Transition display to single
document view/layer,
anchoring to the specific
snippet in context
FUTURE
62. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Expanded
snippets
Title
Number
Date
Class
Inventor
Type
Preview
Assisted Clinical Decision Support 20040091847 11/06/2003 434/353 Pandya, et al. Patent
Claim Text:
assisted clinical decision support, the method comprising: identifying, with a processor, a
plurality of associated terms from a medical ontology, the associated terms including
associated drugs; generating...
assisted clinical decision support, the system comprising: a memory operable to store a mining
engine with a domain-knowledge base from associated terms in a medical ontology, the mining
engine configured...
assisted clinical decision support, the storage media comprising instructions for: creating a
knowledge base from a medical ontology; and building a mining engine operable to search
unstructured medical data...
assisted clinical decision support, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of associated
terms from a medical ontology; and training, with a processor, a model of relationships of the
associated terms...
assisted clinical decision support, the system comprising: a memory operable to store a
probabilistic model having machine learned probabilities for relationships from a medical
ontology, the machine learned...
assisted clinical decision support, the method comprising: identifying, with a processor, a
plurality of associated terms from a medical ontology; generating, with the processor, a domain-
knowledge base from...
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operable to store a mining engine with a domain-knowledge base from
associated terms in a medical ontology, the mining engine configured
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FUTURE
Help
evaluaCon
at
different
informaCon
levels.
63. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Unstructured
Content
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Results
Page
FUTURE
Structured
Data
Panels
Graph
Model
Images
&
MulCmedia
Profile
Context
Parameters
Text,
SemanCc
Processing
User
Model
Terms,
Tags
Interpreted
meaning
NLP,
Enrich,
Auto-‐Tag
Unstructured
Content
Semi-‐structured
Index/
Graph
db
Evaluate
64. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
64
● The
results
page
is
a
query
interface
● Provide
sufficient
signposCng
and
user
control
● Allow
for
quick
skimming
and,
for
knowledge-‐intensive
tasks,
incrementally
deeper
dives
● Consider
capabiliCes
for
exploratory
behaviors
● Design
to
suit
the
task
and
mental
model
● Consider
“how
much
is
sufficient”
● Establish
trust
in
the
results
–
algorithms
need
transparency
● Be
humble
–
and
create
a
humble
experience
Design
consideraCons
Evaluate
66. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Snippets
Snippets
displayed and
highlighted
upon
mouseover
Upon click,
display snippet
expansion
Transition display to single
document view/layer,
anchoring to the specific
snippet in context
FUTURE
67. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
People
organize
their
thinking
in
different
ways
at
different
Cmes.
Sensemaking
and
organizing
FUTURE
Marti A. Hearst and Duane Degler. 2013. Sewing the Seams of Sensemaking: A Practical Interface for Tagging and Organizing Saved Search Results.
In Proceedings of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 4 , 10 pages.
DOI=10.1145/2528394.2528398 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2528394.2528398
69. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
The
World
Bank
invests
about
one-‐quarter
of
its
budget
for
country
services
in
knowledge
products…
About
49
percent
of
the
World
Bank’s
policy
reports,
which
are
published
Economic
and
Sector
Work
or
Technical
Assistance
reports,
have
the
stated
objecCve
of
informing
the
public
debate
or
influencing
the
development
community…
About
13
percent
of
policy
reports
were
downloaded
at
least
250
Cmes
while
more
than
31
percent
of
policy
reports
are
never
downloaded.
Almost
87
percent
of
policy
reports
were
never
cited.
Granular
content
instead
of
“documents”
69
FUTURE
Doemeland, Doerte; Trevino, James. 2014. Which World Bank reports are widely read ? Policy Research
working paper ; no. WPS 6851. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/
curated/en/2014/05/19456376/world-bank-reports-widely-read-world-bank-reports-widely-read
70. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Craig S. Tashman and W. Keith Edwards. 2011. LiquidText: a
flexible, multitouch environment to support active reading. In
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems (CHI '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA,
3285-3294. DOI=10.1145/1978942.1979430 http://doi.acm.org/
10.1145/1978942.1979430
Summarize
&
compress
(LiquidText)
FUTURE
71. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
FUTURE
ReflecCng
task,
user
and
content
relevance
71
73. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Unstructured
Content
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Fragment
Results
Page
ApplicaCon
Embedded
Results
Panels
FUTURE
Context
Parameters
Text,
Graph
Model
Terms,
Tags
Interpreted
meaning
NLP,
Enrich,
Auto-‐Tag
Unstructured
Content
Semi-‐structured
Index/
Graph
db
Review
74. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
74
● Review
is
a
learning
process
● It
is
iteraCve
and
longitudinal,
so
help
a
person
understand
what
has
previously
been
retrieved,
viewed,
saved,
used
● Documents
are
part
of
the
search
experience
● The
take-‐away
is
the
informaCon,
not
the
document
/
desCnaCon
● Design
should
facilitate
the
next
acCons,
e.g.
synthesis,
sharing,
ciCng,
learning,
doing
● Be
humble
–
and
create
a
humble
experience
Design
consideraCons
Review
76. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
Image
The
mechanics
of
search
Index
Query
Parser
Search
Engine
Document
Voice,
Context
Parameters
Models
Metadata,
Taxonomy,
Thesaurus,
Ontology
Results
&
Facets
List
of
items
List
of
terms
and
counts
Fragment
Results
Page
Structured
Data
Panels
Speech
Language
Images
ApplicaCon
Embedded
Results
Panels
FUTURE
Graph
Model
Images
&
MulCmedia
Profile
Text,
SemanCc
Processing
Save
User
Model
Terms,
Tags
Interpreted
meaning
NLP,
Enrich,
Auto-‐Tag
Unstructured
Content
Semi-‐structured
Index/
Graph
db
77. @design4context
NextGen Search #UXPA2015
User
System
• Think
• Look
at
what
you
did
before
• Gather
terms
and
ideas
• Express
keywords
• Pick
from
lists
• Enter
parameters
• Speak
sentences
• Change
what
you
expressed
(refine)
• Review
lists
• Read
small
amounts
of
informaCon
• Apply
filter
parameters
(refine)
• Make
selecCons
(short-‐term
keep)
• Look
at
what
you
found
• Make
decisions
about
what
else
to
seek
(refine)
• Select
and
discard
• Take
follow-‐on
acCon
• Share
• Keep
• Capture
terms
in
notes
• Extract
terms
from
documents
• Provide
reviews
of
previous
materials
• Provide
examples
of
what
might
be
available
(proacCve)
• Ingest
and
store
content
in
a
structured
way
so
it
can
be
searched
• Incorporate
what
other
people
have
searched
for
previously.
• Provide
example
phrases
(type
ahead)
• Parse
language
to
try
and
understand
intent
• Gather
context
signals
• Apply
thesaurus/
addiConal
model
terms
• Send
requests
to
other
services
• IdenCfy
appropriate
items
to
return
• Rank
the
returned
items
• Present
the
structured
data
• Present
the
returned
items
• Present
the
model
of
vocabulary
for
filtering
• Present
summaries
and
abstracCons
to
profile
what
is
found
• Analyze
selected
informaCon
• Provide
a
place
to
store
things
• Provide
a
place
to
organize
things
• Provide
a
way
to
manage
what
you
have
• Provide
a
way
to
take
what
you
have
and
use
it
elsewhere
• Profile
the
user’s
process
when
they
did
that
Seek
Type in the box
Evaluate
Assess results
Review
Assess content
Formulate
Strategy
Tactics