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Collaborative design for strategic uxd impact and global product value

James Nieters David Williams

pp. 214-222

Abstract

Experts in the field of HCI have spoken at length about how to increase the strategic influence of User Experience Design (UXD) teams in industry [2] [5]. Others have talked about how to build a usability or user experience team in industry [3], and others have offered courses in managing HCI organizations [1] [7]. At the same time, other experts have spoken about the importance of making products usable and desirable for international audiences [9] and the value of "offshoring" their usability efforts [8]. Few though have discussed the value and process for an embedded UXD Group functioning as an internal consultancy to different product teams within their organizations. This paper presents both how the consultancy model can increase the strategic effectiveness of UXD inside a company, and how, by leveraging partners internationally, such groups can broaden the usefulness, usability, and desirability of their products to a more global audience.

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Jacko Julie (2007) Human-computer interaction. Interaction design and usability: 12th international conference, hci international 2007, beijing, china, july 22-27, 2007, proceedings, part i. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 214-222

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73105-4_24

Full citation:

Nieters James, Williams David (2007) „Collaborative design for strategic uxd impact and global product value“, In: J. Jacko (ed.), Human-computer interaction. Interaction design and usability, Dordrecht, Springer, 214–222.