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This is a talk I gave for the first time at UPA Boston in May 2012. It's about a model I've been using to understand users for several years. What will you do with this tool?
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Seeing audiences take shape Persona modeler @danachis
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Seeing audiences take shape

Persona modeler

@danachis

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MatthewAttorney House in Brooklyn MarriedLoves his BlackberryHates emailReads NYTimes on iPadAddicted to Words With Friends

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Buying tickets on a university web site for the Big Game

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EdithFollows Detroit Tigers Hates ESPN.com Loves face-to-face online

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DennisBuilding contractor Cell phone is for calling home Very tuned in to current eventsSees no usefulness in Facebook

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Jane1,000-acre farm Tweets soil chemical readings Tablet instrumented to aggregate data

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You: DesignerHow do these people fit into your audience?

Think about each of the people as you answer these questions:

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What can we say about how persistent the person is?

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How pro-active will this person be in solving problems?

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How easily will this person become frustrated?

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How tech savvy is this person?

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How literate is this person in the domain?

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Little data, lots of assumptions

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JaneFarmer nerd

DennisFacebookwhat?

EdithESPN.com-hating Hangouts fan

MatthewBlackberry-loving Brooklyn attorney

How old are they?

54 83 28 60

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How old are they? How educated are they?

How much money do they make?

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These don’t matter.

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If demographics don’t matter, what do you do?

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• persistence with tech

• tolerance for risk & experimentation

• how patient, how easily frustrated

• tech savviness, expertise

• strength of tech vocabulary

• physical or cognitive abilities

Ask the right questions

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•Attitudemotivation, emotion, risk tolerance, persistence, optimism or pessimism

•Aptitudecurrent knowledge, ability to make inferences, expertise

•Ability physical and cognitive attributes

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Persona modeler

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Persona modeler is a tool‣ Focus on the attributes that matter

‣ Accounting for what the user brings to the design

‣ Checking that personas cover the right things

‣ Scales for the amount of data you have

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Task + functionality

Buying tickets on a university web site for the Big Game

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MatthewAttorney House in Brooklyn, marriedAssistant books reservations Loves his BlackberryHates emailReads NYTimes on iPadAddicted to Words With FriendsDoesn’t spend a lot of time on the Web Avid hiker and birderBad knees Needs Rx eyepiece for scope

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Where does Matthew fit?

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EdithAvid sports fanFollows Detroit Tigers Hates ESPN.com Loves face-to-face onlinePicked up Skype early, quickly Prefers Google Hangouts Dropped FaceTime - gestures were frustrating

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Where does Edith fit?

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DennisBuilding contractor Married to a nurseThey have 2 kids8-year-old cell phone Gets current events on the Web Sees no usefulness in FacebookTrouble sleeping, easily distractedPTSD

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Where does Dennis fit?

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Jane1,000-acre farm 12 different systems every dayTweets soil chemical readings Smartphone alerts from exchangesTablet instrumented to aggregate dataMinimized manual inputArthritic thumbsNeeds stronger progressive lenses

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Where does Jane fit?

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Persona modeling

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How do design decisions change with these attributes?

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Subtlety of affordances

Size of targets

Directness of the happy path

Feedback modalities

Labeling & trigger words

Amount of copy

Wording of instructions & messages

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What would you do next if you had this tool?

What would be different for your design?

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• Designing for attitude, aptitude, & ability

• Accounting for what the user brings to the design

• Checking that personas cover the right things

Persona modeler

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Persona modeler: fast way to visualize users by asking important questions

framework for talking about who users are

can tell which users might be missing

works with any amount of data

middle ground between demographics and research-based personas

Big ideas

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Where to learn moreDana’s blog: http://usabilitytestinghowto.blogspot.com/

Download templates, examples, and links to other resources from www.wiley.com/go/usabilitytesting

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[email protected]

www.usabilityworks.net 415.519.1148

@danachis

Dana Chisnell


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