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Usability Body of Knowledge

A body of knowledge is at the center of other aspects of developing the profession, including a currculum, developing roles, a self-assessment tool and eventually a certification.

Mission and Goals The UXPA has initiated a long-term project to collate a comprehensive Body of Knowledge for the usability profession, which will provide an authoritative source of reference and define the scope of the profession Mission The User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) Body of Knowledge project is dedicated to creating a living reference that represents the collective knowledge of the usability profession. Such a collection of knowledge for the usability profession will necessarily be broad and inclusive in scope, because our profession is inherently multidisciplinary and draws on a wide range of other practices. We recognize that the body of knowledge should be derived from published literature, conference proceedings, and the experiences of practitioners accumulated over many years. It …

What is User Experience?

Usability is an approach to product development that incorporates direct user feedback throughout the development cycle in order to reduce costs and create products and tools that meet user needs. There are many definitions of usability from books by usability professionals. Two international standards define usability and human-centered (or user-centered) design: “[Usability refers to] the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use.” – ISO 9241-11 “Human-centered design is characterised by: the active involvement of users and a clear understanding of user and task requirements; an appropriate allocation of function between users and technology; the iteration of design solutions; multi-disciplinary design.” – ISO 13407 The business …

What is covered in this article: What is User Experience (UX)? UX in Practice What is a User Experience Professional? How Do I Get Started with UX? What is the Code of Conduct for UX Professionals? What is User Experience (UX)? User experience (UX) is an approach to product development that incorporates direct user feedback throughout the development cycle (human-centered design) in order to reduce costs and create products and tools that meet user needs and have a high level of usability (are easy to use). There are many definitions of user experience by UX professionals. The business benefits of adding UX to a product development process include:Increased productivity Increased sales and revenues Decreased training and support costs Reduced development time and …