29 March: Usability in industry: what goes wrong and how to put it right
Nigel Bevan will discuss whether and why usability matters to industry currently and some of the main challenges to the uptake of usability methods. He will discuss which usability evaluation methods work best in industry, and what can go wrong. Nigel will also summarise recent work on a US National Academy of Sciences Committee to show how usability methods can be selected to reduce project risk.
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Notice of forthcoming UK UPA Event – Please note short notice!
TITLE: Usability in industry: what goes wrong and how to put it right
Presenter: Dr Nigel Bevan, University of York
Venue: ‘Big Space’ at LBi (formerly FramFab offices)
Date: Thursday 29th March 2007
Time: 6.30pm for 6.45pm start. Presentation followed questions and then networking till 9.00pm
Summary:
Nigel will discuss whether and why usability matters to industry currently and some of the main challenges to the uptake of usability methods. He will discuss which usability evaluation methods work best in industry, and what can go wrong. Nigel will also summarise recent work on a US National Academy of Sciences Committee to show how usability methods can be selected to reduce project risk.
Speaker profile:
Nigel is a professional usability consultant of many years standing and, currently, a visiting researcher at the University of York. He was previously Research Manager at Serco Usability Services and managed European projects that developed usability design and measurement methods and incorporated user centred design into the development processes of several large organisations. He managed the UsabilityNet project that has established a web site of usability resources. Nigel participates in several international standards groups and contributed to the development of ISO 13407. He was responsible for developing the new Common Industry Format standard for usability requirements. Nigel has given tutorials on usability, web evaluation and user centred design at international conferences. He is Director of Professional Development for the Usability Professionals Association where he leads the Usability Body of Knowledge initiative, and is a member of the US National Academies Committee on Human-System Design Support.
(See: www.nigelbevan.com)
To reserve your place:
Please ‘reply to all’ to inform the following two people:
Martin Maguire and Claudia Foster (m.c.maguire@lboro.ac.uk; c.m.foster@lboro.ac.uk)
Provide your name and state whether you are a UPA member.
All are welcome to attend. Due to the short notice you can safely assume that you will be allocated a place. However confirmations will only go out shortly beforehand. If you reserve a place and cannot attend, please let us know so it can be reallocated if necessary.
Please note:
LBI was formed by the merger of LB Icon and Framfab on 1 August 2006. LBI is Europe’s leading service and integrated digital agency network servicing clients with marketing and technology solutions.
Full address of venue:
Big Space at LBi, 1 Naoroji Street, London, WC1X 0JD
Cost:
Free for UPA members, £10 for non-members, £5 for student non-members
DIRECTIONS TO LBI:
From Angel tube station (about 15 minutes on foot)
On emerging from Angel station, turn immediately left, and walk to the crossroads. Take a right turn at the crossroads down Pentonville Road. Continue along Pentonville Road, and take the second turn on the left into Claremont Square (be careful, the first and second turns on the left are called Claremont Square – you should take the second one.) Continue straight on as the road becomes Amwell Street,and continue down the hill, past three right turns, until you reach a fourth right turn called Margery Street. (If you come to a t-junction with Rosebery Avenue, you've gone too far.) Turn right, and Naoroji Street is immediately on your right. The building is large and cream.
From Kings Cross tube and rail stations (about 15 minutes on foot)
If you are not there already, follow the signs to the Thameslink station on Pentonville Road. With the Thameslink station behind you, turn right along Pentonville Road, and follow the right hand fork in the road (King's Cross Road.) Keep going along King's Cross Road, until you reach the Thistle Hotel on your left. Cross the road to the left hand side and keep following King's Cross road. Soon you will reach Margery Street which has a has a brown café on the corner, much frequented by cabbies (there will also be a Holiday inn on the opposite side of King's Cross road). Continue up Margery Street and Naoroji Street is the second left. The building is large and cream.
From Farringdon tube and rail stations (about 20 minutes on foot)
On leaving the station, turn right along Cowcross Street and then right again onto Farringdon Road. Continue along Farringdon Road, crossing over Clerkenwell Road at the first set of traffic lights (Yo Sushi is on the corner of this set), until you reach a crossroads with Rosebery Avenue. Mount Pleasant Post Office is on this crossroads. Turn right onto Rosebery Avenue, continue past the traffic lights, and take a left turn into Amwell Street. The second left off Amwell Street is Margery Street, and from there Naoroji Street is the first turning on the right. Our building is large and cream.