Time-tested roadmap –
The Schaffer-Weinschenk Method™ lays out the best practices
of user-centered design, makes it easy to follow a step-by-step
process.
Organize team members –
Provide a common user-centered design methodology so that your
marketers, designers, and developers have an integrated approach
to usability.
Add the key missing ingredient to
software methods – The Schaffer-Weinschenk Method
integrates usability with the best software development methods
so that your development and usability efforts compliment each
other.
Avoid expensive rework at the end
of the development process – Iterate designs early
before code is locked in.
Avoid reinventing the wheel –
Make use of ergonomically tested, reusable templates for multiple
page types.
Clarify decision–making –
The Schaffer-Weinschenk Method reduces the need for guesswork
on crucial design decisions.
Avoid building unnecessary functions
– Having fewer functions to build means savings
in development and management. It also gives your application
a cleaner interface.
Make it easy to "institutionalize"
usability – Many organizations treat their usability
efforts as isolated experiments, thus dooming them to failure.
To work best, usability should be an ongoing part of your design
methods – it has to be "institutionalized." The Schaffer-Weinschenk
Method makes it easy.
Keep up-to-date – Our online resource,
Usability Central –
Best Practices®, lets all your designers stay
current with the best usability knowledge and methods. The Schaffer-Weinschenk
Method provides a system for keeping all your design work in tune
with the best practices of usability.
