Gain a thorough understanding of the two pillars of any User Experience project: the mission and the process. The mission is to keep the user in mind at each step or milestone as the developer progresses through the project. The process is how that mission is accomplished through collaboration and the use of research, design and development technologies. This book walks you through a developer's journey through the UX process, from start to finish. A Guide to UX Design and Development concentrates on the intersection of what is called DesignOps and DevOps. That intersection is where collaboration between all members of the team, including stakeholders and clients, occurs and neither DesignOps nor DevOps can go beyond being considered just buzzwords if they instead silo design and development. To highlight the UX Mission and illustrate the responsibility developers also hold for the user experience, authors Tom Green and Joseph Labrecque take you througha hypothetical project involving the development of a parking app for a municipal parking authority. As the book progresses, they concentrate on the developer's journey through the whole project from discovery to product release. In this journey, you will see how developers can make an impact and contribute to the user experience. This will include such topics as why there is a need for both a user journey map and a technical journey map. The authors explain why prototyping is not as complicated as it is made out to be because it is simply an early low-cost and disposable minimal viable product that gives the developer a deep understanding of the project's intent in support of the UX Mission. You will also explore the creation and use of design systems and why the developer's role is just as important as the people who create the design system. The role and responsibility of the developer in user testing is discussed in the context of a variety of testing and assessment methodsconducted to achieve the UX mission. Finally, you'll gain an understanding of how design and development deliverables are negotiated, prepared and sent out for research at each step of the process, and how the developer is involved. What You Will Learn Understand the evolving role of the developer in a team-based environmentLearn the five stages of the UX process Discover the importance of collaboration and communication with stakeholders, designers, and developers at every stage of the processLearn a variety of design and development documents created during the UX process Who This Book Is For Developers and designers involved in the UX Process, as well as developers trying to make sense of the confusing amount of information out there regarding their role in the UX process.

Details the emerging role of the developer in the UX process Provides example documentation including development journey maps and wireframes Demonstrates how to adapt to change based on user test results

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Tom Green is an Emeritus Professor of Interactive Multimedia through the School of Media Studies and IT at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Education in Toronto, Canada. He has created over a dozen UX-based courses for LinkedIn Learning. One course - UX Design for Non-Designers released 2 years ago - has been completed by over 35,000 learners throughout the world. Tom has written numerous books on UX design for Apress, Que, Pearson Education and New Riders. Along with his work with LinkedIn Learning, Tom has developed video-based training courses for Infinite Skills, Envato, Video2Brain and others. He was the Graphics Software expert with About and has written hundreds of articles and tutorials for a variety of magazines and websites over the past 20 years. Tom has spoken and lectured at conferences around the world and universities throughout China and the US including the University of Wisconsin, the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Wuhan Institute of Technology, and Shenzhen Polytechnic. In his spare time, you can catch him hiking a local trail or paddling across a lake in Northern Ontario. Kevin Brandon started his career in the print industry, then transitioned into web design and user-experience design. After completing a Master of Arts in Professional Communication, he entered higher education as a full-time professor at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto, Canada. Kevin has taught in various programs such as Graphic Design, Advertising, Multimedia and Film & Television. He is an active Adobe Education Leader, collaborating with fellow educators around the world and learning about upcoming technologies. As a consultant Kevin has provided professional development sessions for teachers through Edge Gain Ltd. Kevin is married with three sons. When not at work you can find him enjoying walks with his family and dog.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: The UX Project process.- Chapter 2: Defining the Problem.- Chapter 3: Determining the Scope and MVP.- Chapter 4: The Prototyping Process.- Chapter 5: A visit to the Library: Design Systems/Code Library.- Chapter 6: UX Design.- Chapter 7: UI Design.- Chapter 8: Development.- Chapter 9: Dealing with User Testing.- Chapter 10: Handoff to the Developer.- Chapter 11: Release into the wild and beyond.