Agile & User Experience
Usability expert W Craig Tomlin shared 7 Usability predictions for 2010 which may not be very controversial but are insightful.
Three of them have to do with usability becoming quicker and cheaper and more of a commodity:
1. The cost of conducting usability testing will decrease by a factor of 10.
2. There will be a dramatic increase in the use of low cost web-based usability testing tools.
4. Use of remote moderated usability testing will increase by a factor of 10
As more and more cheaper tools are available it becomes easier and cheaper to run a usability test. This is a positive trend when doing usability work inside an Agile environment where the results are needed fast for implementation in the next sprint.
This point is also worth noting:
5. The UK [and EU] will become a major source of usability expertise
W Craig notes the large amount of Usability related job openings in Europe. The field is clearly growing, these are good times to be in the Usability field!
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