Usability and User-Centred Design in the Software Development LifeCycle

Here are the slides from a talk I gave to first year Software Engineering students at Monash University today.

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Anonymous
October 09, 2008
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Anonymous
October 10, 2008
Hi Zac, that's a good point. I a perfect world the software we are usability testing would have no bugs. The reality is that because we want to usability test as early as possible (because cost increases the longer you wait to test), we have to accept that we often are testing VERY preliminary code. As I said in the talk - it's important to be flexible! Shane
Anonymous
October 26, 2008
#.think.in infoDose #4 (20th Oct - 25th Oct)
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November 24, 2008
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November 24, 2008
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Anonymous
December 07, 2008
Over at the Canadian UX Blog , there is some great material on UX based design.." What is UX? "User Experience Design is all aspects of the user’s interaction with the product: how it is perceived, learned, and used." - wikipedia It's more than skin deep,
Anonymous
December 27, 2008
Shane, Nice pres dude. It covers off on all the main points and goes into the right amount of depth at the necessary bits - illustrated with photos at those bits to keep people interested too. Really good for this audience too. matt.
Anonymous
December 27, 2008
Tbanks Matt - and thanks for the photos of the bus ticket machines. I gave you credit in the presso! Honest! Shane