Personas

The persona method has developed from being a method for IT system development to being used in many other contexts, including development of products, marketing, planning of communication, and service design. Despite the fact that the method has existed since the late 1990s, there is still no clear definition of what the method encompasses. Common understanding is that the persona is a description of a fictitious person, but whether this description is based on assumptions or data is not clear, and opinions also differ on what the persona description should cover.

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/personas#toc_5_2?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sm&utm_content=user_personas_in_stories_scenarios&utm_campaign=post

From previous UX/UI Design class

Samples of Personas and Scenarios.

Presentations

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jsb1Z5aSSzMPdB2SDu54VY1ZM2iFyHTXXEQ2sGRBXVs/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 2 – Design and the User Experience

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cogR4voL74-bFVDfa6tNefBheQ3NBZWVhMXCh-v_lA4/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 3 – Planning your Project

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fYvMVQDgGlTIVat8__dKUKhYgVo6QRocThTgPuO0B5I/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 5 – Modeling and Mapping your Users

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iqtOXoIBqNG23O5lbkV74PEhW27QqyzdeUyBpRcPuGU/edit?usp=sharing

Lecture 1

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l8PKwF_X-XS2rF9Jvlgvk-kHG8KVY-QXYJxQ95A7_L8/edit?usp=sharing

This is the report I mentioned in class conducted by Nielsen Norman Group that surveyed nearly 1000 UX professionals. It has some interesting information for those seeking entry into the profession.

User Experience Careers

This 189-page free report analyzes how UX pros educated and trained themselves for their careers. We surveyed 963 people working in the field to find out what they do at work, what is most useful to know, and which kinds of people thrive in UX research, interaction design, and information architecture.

https://media.nngroup.com/media/reports/free/User_Experience_Careers.pdf