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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

Five steps to create the solution map


As always, there are many software products you can use. You can also draw a solution map on paper. For creating the solution map, I have used Adobe Illustrator. This chapter will not have a detailed Adobe Illustrator tutorial because I have already introduced the basic tools needed in Chapter 3, Journey Map - Understand Your Users. Just use the same tools you used when creating a task model or user journey map. I'll let you in on a secret: you can create a good-looking solution map with just the rectangle (

 ) and line segment (

 ) tools. 

Step 1 - put the issues on the map

The first step to a solution map is to list all medium and high severity issues from user testing. Add all issues coming from other teams and business goals in the form of issues. For example, if the business wants a better conversion rate, then a low conversion rate becomes an issue we need to solve with the aid of the solution map. 

Also, add any issues coming from other teams or...