1.1 Intro - Basic terms Flashcards
UX
User experience
UXD
User experience design
UI
User Interface
GUI
Graphical user interface
ExS
Experience strategy - integrates the business, technical, and design plans to bring value to the customer and business.
IxD
Interaction design- the combination of experience strategy, user research, and information architecture into one intuitive design. The design helps the user complete core tasks quickly and effortlessly to provide value to the people using the product or service.
UR
User research - the process of gathering user information to build a product that understands and solves a problem
IA
Information architecture - the process of recording, categorizing, and storing information
Wireframes
The initial blueprints for your design solution
Prototypes
Quick models a final product created to test UX early
Design thinking
A framework on how to approach real human needs and problems with the technology available and business needs from a design perspective.
Steps in the design process
Understand, Observe, POV, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Tell Story, Present
Competitive analysis
Assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors.
User Interviews
A user research method aimed at gathering qualitative information directly from those engaged with your product or service
Personas [POV]
A fictional user that targets the demographics, needs, goals, emotions, behaviors, fears, and limitations of the target user
