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User Experience Mapping

By : Peter W. Szabo
Book Image

User Experience Mapping

By: Peter W. Szabo

Overview of this book

Do you want to create better products and innovative solutions? User experience maps will help you understand your users and improve communication with them. Maps can also champion user-centricity within the organization. This book is the first print resource covering two advanced mapping techniques—the behavioral change map and the 4D UX map. You’ll explore user story maps, task models, and journey maps, while also creating wireflows, mental model maps, ecosystem maps, and solution maps. You’ll learn how to use insights from real users to create and improve your maps and products. The book delves into each major user experience map type, ranging from simple techniques based on sticky notes to more complex map types, and guides you in solving real-world problems with maps. You’ll understand how to create maps using a variety of software products, including Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP, and Microsoft Word. Besides, you can draw each map type with pen and paper too! The book also showcases communication techniques and workshop ideas. You’ll learn about the Kaizen-UX management framework, developed by the author, now used by many agencies and in-house UX teams in Europe and beyond. Buying this book will give you hundreds of hours worth of user experience knowledge, from one of the world’s leading UX consultants. It will change your users’ world for the better. If you are still not convinced, we have hidden some cat drawings in it, just in case.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Dedication
Preface
Free Chapter
1
How Will UX Mapping Change Your (Users) Life?
12
References

How to test Samsung UK?


For this chapter's example, we will choose remote testing not only for simplicity's sake but also because we want users from all corners of the United Kingdom, not just within a reasonable distance from central London. We want our users to be in the same or similar environment where they normally are when searching for their next smartphone online.

Note

If you don't want to spend a dime to test your dream solution with real users, most remote testing providers have some form of trial. Alternatively, you can just create a similar test design, but run the test the guerrilla way. 

Remember, what matters the most is getting genuine feedback from real users. Any means and solutions to get feedback are great, as long as they lead to a better understanding of user behaviors and ultimately a better product.

How many test users?

When you have decided among lab, remote, and guerrilla testing, you face another tough decision: the number of testers.

One of the most debated questions...