Wavefront Presents WaveGuide™ Seminar:
Mobile UI Design – User Centered Design and UI Best Practices

 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 11:15 AM (PDT)
Location: 1055 West Hastings St (conference center lower level), Vancouver, BC [MAP]
Cost: Free. Registration has reached capacity.  Please Register to Attend our Oct 1st session - identical content.

 

SUMMARY

Want to understand how to make a mobile application easier to use? Want to ensure your mobile site meets the needs of your target audience? This two hour session is aimed at introducing you to the world of user centered design and its importance in helping you design a better mobile product. User centered design puts your customers at the heart of your product design and development process.

OpenRoad will provide an overview on best practices for mobile user interface design, introduce established mobile design standards, and highlight key design considerations for different mobile platforms. The session will include a basic introduction to human factors principles that helped to formulate these guidelines and best practices. The session will end with a tour of the Wavefront usability testing lab with the opportunity to receive a quick assessment of your mobile app/site, so remember to load onto your phone. You’ll find out why usability testing is important, when to do it, and what to do with the results.

Take Wavefront's Usability Quiz to see "How much you are thinking about usability in your design process?"

AGENDA

• 09:00 AM – 09:15 AM         Registration and Networking
• 09:15 AM – 10:45 AM         Interactive Presentation
• 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM         Tour of Wavefront Usability Lab/Assessment Opportunity
  

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Selma Zafar, Senior User Experience Designer at OpenRoad Communications
Selma Zafar has over 10 years experience in designing innovative and usable software and hardware. She ensures that the needs of the end-user remain at the heart of the research, design and development process. Selma has lead the usability and overall user experience for products and websites for Nokia, Microsoft, Telus, Tourism British Columbia and Ronald McDonald House Charities. During her time with Nokia, Selma worked on both Series 60 and Series 90 mobile products as well as the design concepting for the new Nokia online music offering, Ovi. At OpenRoad, Selma contributes to the user centered design practice as Senior User Experience Designer, bringing her breadth of experience and knowledge to OpenRoad’s clients. As of Fall 2008, Selma was the latest instructor with the Langara College Communication and Ideation Design Program teaching courses in Human Factors and Information Design.

 

ABOUT OPENROAD COMMUNICATIONS

OpenRoad Communications has been providing companies in Vancouver and beyond with expertise in website and web application development for the past 14 years. We work collaboratively with our clients, utilizing a user-centred approach, building public websites, intranets, and custom web applications. We also offer user experience and usability consulting, web analytics, and digital strategy. Our team is technology agnostic, yet well versed and experienced in the major web development platforms including Java, Oracle, Microsoft, and open source, preferring to find the right tool for the job at hand. OpenRoad exists to provide excellence in web design and development services to our clients, resulting in compelling online experiences for their customers and users; and to provide our staff with challenging and meaningful careers, and do so in an ethical and responsible manner.