Pierre is a Senior User Experience Consultant at Amaze, a UK-based digital agency. While not soaking up new UX tricks and techniques, he can be found enjoying live music, drumming (poorly), and re-learning his childhood French.
Behind every great invention lie dozens of sacrificed prototypes. It took Michele Ferrero almost five years to perfect the spherical wafer within the famous chocolates that bear his name. No great product or invention emerges fully formed, and this applies to great websites and software as well. Whether you’re working on digital products or chocolates, prototyping plays an important role in any successful project.
If you work in user experience or software development, chances are you will have encountered Axure RP at some point. Launched in 2003, Axure has gained a loyal following within the UX community. It allows for the creation of rich, functional prototypes without writing a single line of code.
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When planning your IA, involve users of your website in the process as soon as you can. Card sorting is a great way to become familiar with information architecture and user-centred design. It’s cheap, reliable and easy to set up. It’s a great way to become familiar with concepts such as information architecture and user-centred design. In this article, Pierre Croft will discuss card sorting, a tried and true technique for doing just that. You’ll go through some practical tips for running a card-sorting session, and also cover some examples.
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