the long tail of user experience
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This is the presentation I gave at the 2013 Digital Insight Summit Series. It talks about user experience design and it's place in product design. It also gives an overview of why UX is vital to business.TRANSCRIPT
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Mike Kornacki Johnson Controls User Experience Architect
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What is User Experience?
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What is User Experience?
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What is User Experience?
What is User Experience?
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What is User Experience?
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The Ages of Our Digital Life
Distribution
1960-1990
Interconnected Systems
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The Ages of Our Digital Life
Distribution
1960-1990
Interconnected Systems
Information
1990-2009
Free Information Flow
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The Ages of Our Digital Life
Distribution
1960-1990
Interconnected Systems
Information
1990-2009
Free Information Flow
Age of the User
2009 -
Empowered Users/Buyers
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The Long Tail of Consumerism
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The Long Tail of Consumerism
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The Long Tail of Consumerism
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The Long Tail of Consumerism
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The Long Tail of Consumerism
The Long Tail of Consumerism
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What does UX have to do with this?
Age of the User
2009 -
Empowered Users/Buyers
SO… WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?
THERE ARE 7 HARD TRUTHS IN THE LONG TAIL OF USER
EXPERIENCE
USER EXPERIENCE IS AN ECOSYSTEM
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USER EXPERIENCE IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
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“The customer experience is the next competitive battleground.”
Jerry Gregorie - 1999
The COST of a BAD experience
The COST of a GOOD experience
The VALUE of a BAD experience
The VALUE of a GOOD experience
After a single bad experience
of customers will simply leave
Source: 2010 Customer Experience Impact Survey – RightNow Technologies
82%
USER EXPERIENCE IS EMOTIONAL
3
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USER EXPERIENCE IS THE PRODUCT
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“We are shifting to an experience economy where experience is becoming the primary economic offering.”
- Joseph Pine
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Diffe
rent
iation
Value
Commodity
Product
Service
Experience
Source: Andy Budd – Clearlef -‐ Ignore UX at Your Peril
Product success is not about being the first to market anymore. It’s about delivering the right experience at the right time and evolving with your customers.
USER EXPERIENCE IS NOT NUMBER OF FEATURES
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User
Hap
pine
ss
Number of Features
Doesn’t have the basics
Wish it did more
Easy to use
Everything I ever wanted
Where’s the help manual?
I have no idea how to use this
Source: Andy Budd – Clearlef -‐ Ignore UX at Your Peril
User
Hap
pine
ss
Number of Features
Doesn’t have the basics
Wish it did more
Easy to use
Everything I ever wanted
Where’s the help manual?
I have no idea how to use this
SWEET SPOT
Source: Andy Budd – Clearlef -‐ Ignore UX at Your Peril
PRACTICE THE ART OF SUBTRACTION
LESS IS MORE!
USER EXPERIENCE IS COSTLY WHEN IT’S TOO LATE
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“You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Hidden Costs
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USER EXPERIENCE IS NOT A CHOICE
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Age of the User
2009 -
Empowered Users/Buyers
THANKS! @lordshales @mke_ux mkeux.com [email protected] Linkedin.com/mkornacki