Userfocus Usability Newsletter, May 2017

Welcome to the May edition of the Userfocus usability and user experience newsletter!

Message from the Editor

We're told that inspiration can be found in the most unusual of places. Since the article I wrote this month arose from a visit to a urinal, I can only agree with this point of view. In other news, we're running a 3-day UX Certification course next month — more details at the end of the newsletter.

David Travis

30 Days of User Experience — The Bathroom Edition

'30 Days of User Experience' is a downloadable PDF to print out and place in your workplace bathroom to encourage people to engage in UX activities. Read the article in full: 30 Days of User Experience — The Bathroom Edition

From our archives: Measuring satisfaction: Beyond the usability questionnaire

Most usability tests culminate with a short questionnaire that asks the participant to rate, usually on a 5- or 7-point scale, various characteristics of the system. Experience shows that participants are reluctant to be critical of a system, no matter how difficult they found the tasks. This article describes a guided interview technique that overcomes this problem based on a word list of over 100 adjectives. Read the article in full: Measuring satisfaction: Beyond the usability questionnaire.

What we’re reading

Some interesting usability-related articles that got our attention over the last month:

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Upcoming user experience training courses

New dates! Foundation Certificate in User Experience, June 20-22 2017, London.

Gain the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience in this fun and hands-on training course. You'll practice in all the key areas of UX — from interviewing your users through to prototyping and usability testing your designs — while you prepare for and take the exam.

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User Experience quotation of the month

"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion." W Edwards Demming.

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