The persona lifecycle : keeping people in mind throughout product design / by John S. Pruitt, Tamara Adlin.

Author/creator Pruitt, John
Other author Adlin, Tamara.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, an imprint of Elsevier, ©2006.
Descriptionxvii, 724 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects

SeriesThe Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies
Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies. ^A691852
Contents The next frontier for user-centered design : making user representations more usable -- The persona lifecycle : a framework for the persona approach -- Phase 1: Family planning (planning a persona effort) -- Phase 2: Conception & gestation (creating personas) -- Phase 3: Birth & maturation (launching and communicating personas) -- Phase 4: Adulthood (using personas) -- Phase 5: Lifetime achievement and retirement (ROI and reuse of personas) -- Contributed chapters: Users, roles and personas / by Larry Constantine -- Storytelling and narrative / by Whitney Quesenbery -- Reality and design maps / by Tamara Adlin & Holly Jamesen -- Marketing versus design personas / by Bob Barlow-Busch -- Why personas work : the psychological evidence / by Jonathan Grudin -- Appendix A: G4K organizational archetype and sample persona -- Appendix B: Example personas from real projects -- Appendix C: Sample image release form.
Review "The Persona Lifecycle addresses the "how" of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn't just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great product designs. Moreover, it provides examples, samples, and illustrations to imitate and model. It positions personas not as a panacea, but as a method used to complement other user-centered design (UCD) techniques including scenario-based design, cognitive walkthroughs and user testing."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 693-705) and indexes.
LCCN 2006000795
ISBN0125662513 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780125662512 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HF5415.15 .P79 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold