Overview
After attending this training course, you will be able to articulate the key principles behind usability and describe the organisational benefits of a usability focus.
"I now appreciate that usability is about more than screen design — it's critical to new product development."
Printable pdf course description for this seminar
This seminar is aimed at
- Senior managers
- Business analysts
- Project managers
- Marketing managers
You will learn how to
- Articulate why usability is the key to doing successful business online.
- Distinguish between good and bad web pages by applying usability principles.
- Avoid usability bloopers with your own site, especially in the areas of navigation, search, layout and design.
- Get the best out of your internal human factors team and external consultancies.
What delegates say about this course
- "This seminar helped me identify the pitfalls of traditional consumer research".
- "Good mixture of practical/best practice versus theory".
- "Fun and thought provoking, with great videos and real-life examples".
What do I get when I book this course?
- 1 day training course with a usability expert.
- Practical checklists, worksheets and extensive notes to take home.
- 24/7 support to help you apply your learning.
- A proper, air-conditioned learning environment.
- CPD-approved course attendance certificate.
- A 2-course lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
- A money-back guarantee.
Duration
We adapt this seminar to the time available: from one hour to half-a-day.
About your trainer
David Travis
This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis, the author of E-Commerce Usability. David has more than 20 years experience in the field of user centred design and has delivered over 100 seminars in usability for a range of private and public sector organisations.
Course Schedule
There are no scheduled dates for this course. If you want us to run this seminar as a public course, click on the button below. Once we get 8 like-minded individuals we'll organise a public course and let you know.
In-house training
We can bring this course to you and run it for a fixed all-inclusive fee no matter where you are. All you have to do is provide the delegates and the meeting room.
Usability immersion training
Usability design training
- Web accessibility for developers
- Forms usability
- Axure Essentials
- Advanced prototyping with Axure
- How to write on-line documentation
- How to write an effective Style Guide
- Writing for the global web
- Usable mobile applications and IVRs
Usability research training
- Contextual inquiry
- Ethnography and field work
- A practical guide to usability testing
- Build your own usability lab
- Best practice in usability test moderation
- Morae Essentials
- Advanced usability testing with Morae
- A practical guide to card sorting
- How to carry out an expert review
- How to design web surveys
- The CIF for Usability Test Reports
- SPSS Essentials
- Advanced Statistics Using SPSS
Usability management training
- Usability briefing for senior managers
- Usability standards and legislation
- Web accessibility briefing
- Cost justifying usability
- How to set and track usability metrics
- Consultancy skills
- User experience as a strategic process