From Good to Great Applications

A Team’s Journey Into Usability

http://bit.ly/journeytousability

www.outsystems.com

“We want you to build a

Great App that

revolutionizes Human

Resources in our company”

Great App =

PPT

Proces

s Tools

People

Magic

happens

here

Agile ✔ OutSystems

Platform✔

?

usability BPT SQL

performance

integration

CSS architecture

Javascrip

t

testing

“Usability???

….

We have

real work

to do!”

CARE >> LEARN >>

SUCCEED

vision + context what? why?

talk the business talk

seeing is believing

The User

Started as just another informal usability test…

Whattaa?

What

happened??

Ok…

That’s my

code!!

The "I can't believe he just did that" moment

This is fun!

… Ok...

Not good...

I'm going to

get smacked...

OMG! Maybe I'm not

getting this...

The "this could be a problem" moment

Huhhhhhhhh…

Not ok…

Get me a

REAL user!

I must do something

about this

I knew this guy

was an idiot...

The "it's not us, it's them" moment

He is

destroying

our baby!!

The "he must not leave the room" moment

Huhhhhhhhh…

Not his fault!

Aahhhhh!!

passion enthusias

m

energy

obsessio

n adoration

fervor

dedication commitment

eagerness

fascinatio

n

The Usability Champion

Enthusiast

Energetic

Vigorous

Committed

The Pixel Nazi

Obsessed

Preoccupied

Painful

Excruciating

“I know it is not good

….

But I don’t know

how to fix it!”

CARE >> LEARN >>

SUCCEED

80

20 What you must learn about

usability

What you can learn about usability

statistics

surveys

personas

A/B testing focus groups

eye tracking

high-res prototyping

usability labs

User research, basic design rules, informal testing

heuristic

evaluations

task analysis

Information architecture

Usability Expert

Solid framework

Advanced patterns

Implementation auditing

Team guidance

160 h of usability expert

124 h of training

32 h of usability testing

CARE >> LEARN >>

SUCCEED

time budget adoption

www.outsystems.com/ux-for-

it

one more thing…

The Team

AWESOME!

http://bit.ly/journeytousability

www.outsystems.com