October Chapter Meeting: Designing from Data

By Marj Hermansen-Eldard on Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Designing from Data: How observing your customers can improve designs and documentation

During this presentation, we will discuss principles for observing customers and using what is learned to create or improve a product. We will cover how a writer’s skill set can be combined with observational data to produce a clearer vision for the product, resulting in a better product and better documentation.

Presenter: Grant Skousen works as a user experience designer and manager for FamilySearch. Since 2003 he has contributed to a variety of projects and prototypes including microfilm scanning, Indexing, FamilyFinder, Pedigree Viewer, Life Browser and an upcoming version of FamilySearch.org. Before FamilySearch, Grant spent 8 years as an interaction design consultant for companies such as Novell, PowerQuest (now part of Symantec), Dynix, and Intel. He started his career as a software developer for BYU and WordPerfect.

Date: October 22
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Sandy City Library (10100 South Petunia Way–1405 East)