business decisions done right: through the four elements of user experience
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Business Decisions Done Right: Through a UX
Perspective
Frank Guo, PhD
Principal, UX Strategized
frank.guo@uxstrategized.com
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What’s UX Strategy, and Why Do Businesses Need it?
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Topic: Improving business decisions through UX strategy
Professional background – UX research and strategy Set up and led UX research for large companies Worked for Oracle, eBay, Barclays, BlackRock Shaped the design of award-winning Web and mobile products An award-winning UX paper based on peer review Published more than a dozen of UX papers Co-authored a book chapter PhD in cognitive psychology, UCLA
Improved UX, product strategy, and marketing for eBay Yahoo! PayPal StubHub Motorola Cisco IMVU
Discuss improving business through UX with Frank:
650.678.8061 • frank.guo@uxstrategized.com • www.uxstrategized.com • www.frankguoblog.com
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The Current State of UX – Perceived as Equivalent of Design
Viewed as an implementation tool
Limited to digital UI
Huge opportunities missed
UX is more than just UI design UX
Strategy
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Demystifying “UX Strategy” – False Assumptions
Is just about the digital UI
Is just about improving product usability
Is about UI design principles and patterns
Is about brand identity and color palette
UX strategy ≠ UI guidelines
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What “UX Strategy” Is Really About – Informing Business Decisions
Prioritize business opportunities
Uncover hidden business opportunities
UX strategy = drive business decisions through a UX perspective
Today, will introduce a tool
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Example of UX-Driven Business Decisions – Identifying Features of an iPhone App
Features identified: Blog, charts, watch list, and reports
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Example of UX-Driven Business Decisions – Improving Adoptability of Corporate Social Platform
Key to user adoption: personalize content, up-to-
date information, communicate based on topics
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UX Strategy Tool 1:
VADU Model – Prioritizing Business Opportunities
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Not Just Usability – It’s the Holistic Experience that Drives Usage
Adoptability
UsabilityDesirability
Value
The images are from freedigitalphotos.net
Products VADU UX Factors Customers
Note: The model is based on a series of articles published on UX matters
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The Building Blocks of the VADU Factors
Value Adoptability
Desirability Usability
Discoverability
First use
Repeat use
Feature
Content
Task completion
Navigation
Findability
Readability
Consistency
Visual appeal
Functional appeal
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Definitions
CX Element Description
Value Is it useful?
Feature Do the features support user needs?
Content Does the content provide value?
Adoptability Is it easy to start using?
Discoverability Is the product discoverable by the prospective user without overt marketing?
First use Is the first-use experience streamlined and delightful?
Repeat use Will the user come back to use it more after first use?
Desirability Is it fun and engaging to use it?
Visual appeal Is the product visually appealing?
Functional appeal Is the product engaging to use?
Usability Is it easy to use?
Task completion Is it easy to complete tasks?
Navigation Is it easy to go from one place to another?
Findability Is it easy to look for a particular piece of information?
Readability Is it easy to scan and read content?
Consistency Is the UI consistent (visual presentation, page layout, user interaction, etc.)?
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What If a VADU Factor Is Missing?
Adoptability
UsabilityDesirability
People won’t use it if
there is no value
People can’t use it if
they don’t know how to
start
UsabilityDesirability
Value
Adoptability
UsabilityUsers won’t use it as
often if there is no fun
Value Adoptability
Users will stop using if
it’s difficult to useDesirability
Value
Missing Value Missing Adoptability
Missing Desirability Missing Usability
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Not All UX Elements Are Created Equal – Varies with Business Model
Adoptability
Usability
Desirability
ValueAdoptability
Usability
Desirability
Value
Gaming Example Enterprise Software Example
0.5
0.7
0.3
1.00.8
0.5
1.0
0.2
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Not All UX Elements Are Created Equal – Varies with Business Model
Adoptability
UsabilityDesirability
ValueAdoptability
UsabilityDesirability
Value
Social Network Example Ecommerce Site Example
1.0
0.51.0
0.51.0
1.01.0
1.0
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Using the Model to Prioritize
Work hard on value presentation
Align features to user needs
Develop features that differentiate on Value
Visual presentation needs to support value propositions and
usability
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Using the Model to Prioritize
Focus on getting users started
Focus on making it addictive
Usability and Value play supporting roles
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Why VADU Model? It’s all About Business Prioritization
VADU Model Peter Morville’s UX Honeycomb
Focus on business impact
Simple to use for prioritization
All elements are about general UX
Focus on UI design
Too many elements to help with prioritization
Not all elements are related to general UX
Vs.
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Value: Develop Products/Features that Add Value to Users
Customer Reviews are always valuable
Comparison table helps with shopping decisions
Good implementation:
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Value: Develop Products/Features that Add Value to Users
The image doesn’t present value to users
Poor implementation:
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Adoptability: Make It Easy to Start Using the Product/Feature
Upselling premium service in the context of using the product
Good implementation:
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Adoptability: Make It Easy to Start Using the Product/Feature
How can a first-time visitor sign up?
Poor implementation:
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Desirability: Make It Engaging and Addictive
Desirable ≠ Looking nice
Good implementation:
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Desirability: Make It Engaging and Addictive
The homepage doesn’t look exciting
Poor implementation:
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Usability: Make It Easy for Users to Do Tasks
Very easy to set up a meeting and send invites in Gotomeeting
Good implementation:
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Usability: Make It Easy for Users to Do Tasks
How can I get rid of the grid on the screen? Have to Google the solution
Poor implementation:
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VADU UX Element Application
ValueMonetization model
Product definitions & features
Branding & positioning
Desirability
Usability
AdoptabilityMarketing
Download and installation
SEO
First-use workflow and “front door” experience
Product features
Workflow
Visual design and content strategy
IA and workflow design
Interaction design
Visual design
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VADU UX Element Application
Prioritizing business opportunities
Project roadmap
KPIs and metrics
Customer satisfaction surveys
Product and design review checkpoints
VADU together
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Used as Scorecard
Actions:
Focus on Adoptability
Can sacrifice Usability as trade-off
UX Element Actual Score Target Score
Value 3 2
Adoptability 5 8
Desirability 9 10
Usability 9 5
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Used as Scorecard
UX Element Actual Score Target Score
Value 3 10
Adoptability 5 5
Desirability 9 3
Usability 9 7
Actions:
Focus on Value
Can sacrifice Desirability and Usability as trade-off
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Used as Scorecard
UX Element Actual Score Target Score
Value 3 10
Adoptability 5 10
Desirability 9 10
Usability 9 10
Actions:
Focus on Value and Adoptability
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Case Study – It’s About Adoptability, Not Usability
FB Connect is very easy to use, but hard for people
to adopt in an eCommerce space.
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VADU Business, Product, and Design Checklist
Value
Feature/Need alignment – Does your product support user needs?
Branding and marketing messaging – Does your branding and marketing messages align with value propositions?
Differentiation – Is it compelling for new users to see “why” they should use your product?
Monetization model – Does the monetization model align with users’ value perception of your product?
Adoptability
Exposure – Can non-users be exposed to your product, through SEO, ads, product reviews, etc.?
Installation – Is it easy for users to download and install?
First-use experience – Is the first-use experience streamlined and engaging?
Tutorials – If the product is complex to use, do you have tutorials to get them started?
Emails – Are there welcome emails and email tips that help users start using the product?
Landing page – If users find your product through SEO or ads, do you have well-designed landing pages?
Decision aid – What kind of decision making help do you offer for users to choose a product of yours?
Desirability
Engaging experience – Do the look and feel, branding, features, and content excite users?
Content abundance – Do you have enough interesting content for users to “get lost” in your product?
Gamification techniques – Have you applied gamification techniques, when appropriate, to your product
Usability
Discoverability – Are information and calls to action easy to discover?
CTA – Does your UI have relevant and clear calls to action?
Readability of content – Is it easy for users to review information?
Comprehensibility – Is your content written in a way that’s easy to understand?
Error handling – Does your UI let users know and recover from errors?
Navigation and IA – Is it easy for users to go from one place to another? Is the information well organized?
Findability – Can users easily find that they seek?
Accessibility – Does the UI support accessibility design?
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Q & A
To read more about UX strategy examples and ideas, check out my UX blog: www.frankguoblog.com
Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to email me at: frank.guo@uxstrategized.com
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Unlock business value through user experience Insight Advice Outcome
Improved UX, product features, and marketing forIndustries: enterprise software, eCommerce, finance, mobile eBay Yahoo! PayPal StubHub Motorola Cisco IMVU
Professional background Award-winning digital products An award-winning UX paper based on peer review Published more than a dozen of UX papers Co-authored a book chapter Frequent speaker at professional conferences Led UX research for major companies Developed many UX guidelines and trained professionals in applying them PhD in cognitive psychology, UCLA
Request a free consultation from Frank:
650.678.8061 • frank.guo@uxstrategized.com • www.uxstrategized.com
About UX Strategized
About the firm: We are a boutique digital strategy and design firm based in San Francisco bay area. Leveraging award-winning experience
and proprietary techniques, we provide end-to-end digital strategy and design consulting, specializing in performing 360-degree UX
research and analysis, driving digital strategy that unlocks business opportunities and elevates user experience, developing UI
architecture that lays down a solid experience design framework, and providing usability solutions that dramatically improve ease of use
and user engagement.
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