Lesenswertes vom 27.07.2010 | User Research Edition

User Research for Personas and Other Audience Models | UXmatters
"[T]his article is about the ingredients we can draw on when creating audience models and some alternative ways of communicating the results of an audience analysis."
Three Important Benefits of Personas | UIE Brain Sparks
"As part of our research to understand what techniques truly help teams produce better designs, we’re still constantly surprised by the number of teams successfully using personas. With personas, teams report that they are producing more usable designs that better match the needs of their audience, increasing the satisfaction of their users."
Tips for Effective Storyboarding | ANidea
"In this article you will learn how to create storyboards and present them. At the bottom of the post you’ll find free storyboard templates available for download."
Interviewing Users | Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
"[I]nterviews are in fact an appropriate user research method — if you use them only in the few cases for which they generate valid data."

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