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We offer both ongoing project-based
user experience design services
as well as on demand design
support. Our areas of expertise
include:
Overall GUI Design
We have tremendous experience
in web as well as desktop
software applications.
Product Concepts
Have an idea? We can bring
your idea to life with prototypes
that will appeal to potential
customers, internal organizations,
or investors. We can start
with your vision and craft
a tangible product direction
that can bring credibility
and value to your ideas.
Software Design
With the huge investment of
time, resources, and money
it takes to bring your ideas
to fruition, doesn't it make
sense to design a meaningful
experience for your users
that allows them to complete
their tasks in the most efficient
manner possible, and reduce
those calls to the helpdesk?
Closed-Circuit
Prototyping
There is no part of the process
more important than correct
prototyping. Our closed-circuit
prototyping prohibits any
actual programming until the
prototype is agreed upon by all parties involved.
Paper prototype
Useful in quickly finding holes
in the feature set, seeing
what controls need to be presented
when, and can be used as the
basis for focus groups and
early usability testing. Putting
one together causes a very
quick and focused design process
to take place. It also provides
a great way to get feedback
on product direction without
letting the discussion get
bogged down on how things
look.
Interactive Prototyping
There are times when nothing
short of an interactive prototype
will do. It enables much richer
testing, can convey an understanding
of how things will feel in
actual use, and is suitable
for demos to customers and
potential customers. After
experimenting with different
prototyping tools, we have
found Microsoft PowerPoint
to work the best. While prototyping
can be done with the actual
tools you plan to build your
software with such as Visual
Basic or ASP, the ever-present
temptation to actually begin
programming during the prototyping
phase is too great of a risk.
Tools build specifically for
prototyping will guarantee
your project does not accidentally
slip into the production phase,
but they are not accessible
to the user-a major disadvantage.
PowerPoint is on nearly every
desktop, and nearly all users
are familiar with it. This
allows the potential users
of your software to experiment
with the software's flow on
their own. This provides indispensable
feedback!
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