• identify the goals of usability and User-Centered Design.
• identify the main trends in the evolution of human-computer interaction and user interface design, and the main challenges facing User-Centered Design.
• identify the main aspects of a UCD culture and the criteria for success in its development in an organization.
• determine why an organization should adopt a User-Centered Design culture and how it can be achieved, given a scenario.
• recognize User-Centered Design principles and best practices.
• identify the business and usability factors of design, and the criteria for effective design.
• determine the guidelines and factors that affect design in a given scenario.

Duration: 2 hrs

• distinguish between approaches to software design and identify the main steps in usability testing in a given scenario.
• identify the elements of the user research plan and task analysis in a given scenario.
• define users, user requirements, and the interaction framework in a given scenario.
• conduct user research in a given scenario.
• identify good user interface design and navigation techniques.
• recognize user interaction elements that demonstrate best practice in design.
• identify best practices for notification messages and online help design.
• assess how to improve the visual interface design for an application in a given scenario.

Duration: 2.6 hrs

The Iterative Process in User-Centered Design

Duration: 2.2 hrs

Practical Examples of User-Centered Design

In this course you will learn: recognize examples of strategies and tasks for minimizing software complexity. identify the characteristics of egoless programming. recognize the software quality attributes for a given software application. recognize the benefits of structured programming, OOP, and design by contract. distinguish between examples of defensive programming techniques. identify the main tenets of Extreme Programming. recognize project implementations that are compatible with agile and defensive programming strategies. Duration: 1 hr