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Tag: Parallel Design

  • User-Centered Design Process Map
    The user-centered design process is composed of several methods and tasks related to website development. The type of site you are developing, your requirements, team, timeline, and the...
  • User Research
    User research focuses on understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis, and other feedback methodologies.  Mike Kuniaysky further notes...
  • Parallel Design
    With the parallel design technique, several people create an initial design from the same set of requirements. Each designer works independently and, when finished, shares his or her...
  • Consider as Many Design Alternatives as Possible: The Value of Parallel Design
    By using the parallel design method you can consider as many design ideas as possible before selecting the best with which to begin the iterative design and testing process.