There was a recent article posted at GUUUI - The interaction Designers Coffee Break (http://www.guuui.com/) called "How to get the most out of your usability budget". Check out these tips:
1. Fix the basics by focusing on the main goals that the users are trying to achieve 2. Learn to love paper prototyping 3. Test with fewer users 4. Shelve the 1-way mirror 5. Embrace remote testing 6. Get out of the office and you will find users everywhere 7. Eradicate pre-test bloopers with expert reviews 8. Create your own participant pool instead of hiring expensive recruiting agencies 9. Skip the pointless tests where there isn't time to fix problems anyway 10. Train your designers and engineers in the basics of usability read on: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/guuui/~3/423065322/posting.php { Itamar Medeiros } Information Designer designing clear, understandable communication by carefully structuring, contextualizing, and presenting data and information mobile ::: 86 13671503252 website ::: http://designative.info/ aim ::: itamarlmedeiros skype ::: designative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34403 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
