Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software |  | Authors: EffectiveUI, Jonathan Anderson, John McRee, Robb Wilson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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People are beginning to demand a higher standard of user experience (UX) quality from the software systems they use in their business and personal lives, and companies are looking to UX to help drive business value and increase brand strength. Effective UI provides a complete roadmap to building groundbreaking software centered on UX quality, including how to generate management support, employing product management strategies proven to deliver greater success, and how to manage the design, engineering, staffing, and business considerations that must be centered on the user's needs and working effectively in tandem all throughout the project.
With a focus on UX, software can exceed expectations by: - Accounting for how people work with, think about, and consume information.
- Establishing richer means of collaboration and communication
- Reducing frustration by streamlining complex tasks and creating more intuitive processes.
- Generating more engaging and interactive experiences between consumers and businesses, or between businesspeople and their information systems.
- Powerfully differentiating products, services, and brands to create a competitive advantage.
For business and product managers trying to get innovative products funded and successfully built, for software professionals struggling to advance the cause of better UX, and for anyone else who needs to effectively advocate for and deliver on the promise of higher quality software, Effective UI is a comprehensive, valuable resource.
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 Exceptional Insight Into The Value & Process of UI/UX Design February 16, 2010
Ira Laefsky (Philadelphia, PA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This invaluable review of the Processes & Business Benefits of User Interface/User Experience Design, provides so much unique and hard won insight into the process of developing superior user interfaces, the goals of users and the business, and in quantifying the benefits of UX design that I can only award it an outstanding Five Star review. One observation, that full engagement with the true goals of users is the end purpose of UI Design, is in itself worth the cost of this excellent book. But in spite of my viewing this book as revolutionary and offering outstanding and unique insights into what User Experience is, how to achieve it and what its benefits are, I do have one major criticism of this otherwise excellent book, its narrative approach and careful explication of its arguments on what the team at "Effective UI" lead to step by step discovery of these insights; there doesn't appear to be a top-down structure allowing for easy browsing of the book; it must be studied at length. Also, an experienced student of Interaction Design and User Experience cannot easily find what the new insights of this book are at a single glance, or find its prescription for a particular step of the design process.
This is an excellent and insightful book on UI Design and User Experience based on the consulting experience of a leading firm in this industry. But the book narrating their experience must be studied, it is difficult to browse.
--Ira Laefsky
MSE, MBA IT & HCI Researcher
Excellent Insight March 5, 2010
T. Ricker (Denver, CO)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book delivers exactly what it promises. If you are new to software development and want your team or customers to be on the same page this is a must read. We will be recommending this book to all of our clients. The advice within can help bridge any communication gap between your team and project stakeholders, an excellent resource. Thank you.
In your corner March 5, 2010
B. DuMont
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Creating attractive and useful UI requires buy-in, support and input from people across the business. Effective UI is about more than just creating a good design, it is a resource that can help you effectively work and communicate with the project team, resulting in a usable, useful and innovative software.
Tie your boss down and read this book aloud March 31, 2010
A. Brooks Hollar (Staunton, VA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Has this ever happened to you?
Boss: "We have a new project! It's due in Q2 and it's gonna be great!"
You: "Excellent. What's it do?"
Boss: "I'm not sure yet. You guys get to work and I'll go upstairs and get the requirements."
If so, this book and some patience might really pay off.
I'm a senior software developer who has recently moved to a product owner position in my firm. I have long been interested (and am well read) in software methodologies and in Agile in particular. This book won't magically fix a development team's process issues, but it does suggest a robust (yet Agile) process that one could adapt to their own situation.
The first rule of any Agile process is that it can be changed to fit the environment. If you're either creating a new process or trying to refine an existing process, this book is a great starting point. There are lots of examples and easy to understand metaphors that can help make the ROI argument for user-centric Agile in your organization.
Having read the negative reviews on this book it seems that judging a book by it's cover just didn't work for these folks. If you want to build an effective GUI, this is not the right book. If you want to explore a software development methodology that values user input and user experience as the cornerstone of your process, buy a copy for everyone in your organization.
Thank you! February 15, 2010
Daniel S. Kressman (Denver, CO United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book hits the nail on the head as to the root cause of the failure of most UX driven software development ventures, AND gives refreshing perspective on the right way to go about things. Definitely worth a read.
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