Task Analysis Boot Camp-What You Need To Know Before Design

Course details

If you want to design a website, application, software, or mobile app that is easy to use and has a great user experience, then you should be creating task analyses of the most important tasks the users will take with your product. 

You'll learn how to outline the entire user experience of your product BEFORE you design with a task analysis.  

In this course Dr. Susan Weinschenk (Author of 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People) shares what she considers the secrets of intuitive and usable design. You will learn:

What is a task analysis?

How task analysis is critical to design

How to decide what to do a task analysis on

Different formats you can use to create a task analysis

Who to invite to a task analysis session

The difference between current and optimized task analyses

How to decide whether to do a "blue-sky" analysis or one with constraints

How to use your task analysis during design

The instructor is Susan Weinschenk. Susan has a Ph.D. in Psychology, and 30 years of experience applying psychology to the design of software, websites, apps, and technology products. She's the author of How to Get People to Do Stuff, and 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People.