Core Session: GUI Design

 Not a pitch, but a discussion about how to integrate design early into the product development process.

User Experience is finally getting recognized as a key aspect in product success. Let's talk about how to make the user experience in your products the best that it can be.

As random examples:

• Who to involve?
• Where to find GUI designers?
• What do GUI designers do?
• Why does this save money?
• How do I convince my boss to do this?
• Can I do the GUI design?

Discussion

I enjoyed Michal Anne's presentation and the ensuing discussion. 

Agile Development

I just wanted to add that my comments about agile development are from the perspective of developing web applications.  For products that are shrink-wrapped, retailed, include a user's manual, and/or developed on a fixed-price contract, more up-front design is better.

Also, with any methodology, sometimes a professional GUI design is done as an after-thought, like window dressing.  Sometimes Agile is used as an excuse for not doing any professional GUI design.  But I agree with at least part of what I think Michal Anne was asserting, that it's better to involve GUI designers in the process, and earlier.

-- David Beutel

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