World Usability Day > Geneva, Switzerland

1. Training

14:00 | Welcome

14:15-15:45 | How to integrate User-Centered Design into your projects

Mary Mooney, MBA

Each project is unique in its requirements and goals, while software development methods, management structures, and teams differ also. Whether you work in traditional development structures or Agile programming methods, we will show you all the User-Centred Design methods available and when to apply them. Making a product usable is a process that starts at the product inception, instead of usability testing at the end of product development. The holistic approach of User-Centred Design is a proven method for crafting great websites, software and products.

Mary Mooney has 20 years of experience in HCI, beginning with a strong design education while later mentored by some of the most talented people in the industry. She has a deep understanding of User-Centred Design and has managed both large projects and teams in different business environments around the world.

16:00-17:30 | How to set up and run your usability tests

Florian Egger, PhD

Can the visitors to your website find the information they seek? Can your visitors easily make a transaction or purchase with your website? Are the mobile applications you develop easy to use? The only way to answer these questions is to usability test your products and services. This usability testing course will give you an outline of existing methods and tools for testing. This course will teach you to set up usability tests, to recruit the right participants, to moderate the test, and to analyse and present the results.

Florian Egger is the founder and principal consultant of Telono SA. He holds a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from University College London (UK) and a PhD in HCI from the Eindhoven University of Technology (NL). He has extensive international experience conducting user research and usability tests and is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences.

2. Presentations & Apéro

17:45-18:15 | Achieving Usability with Interaction Design Patterns 

Ahmed Seffah, PhD

This presentation introduces design patterns and interaction patterns languages as a way to derive and validate a conceptual design. Interaction design patterns have been proposed as a means to discover, encapsulate, and disseminate design experiences and best practices, hence improving the chances of success of new systems. An interaction design pattern is generally defined as a solution to a usability problem which occurs in different contexts of use.

Ahmed Seffah is a professor of software and information technology at the Lausanne Hospitality School and a visiting professor at HEC Lausanne. He is the author of several books about different aspects of user-centred design and human concerns in software development.

18:15-18:45 | TBD

Marjana Rapaic Buncic

Orange Communications

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http://www.telono.com/en/about/wud