Designing Applications and Websites for Mobile Phones –
a 2-day course

About this course

This course will provide you with the methodology, knowledge, and tools required to approach a mobile application or website design project.

You will learn how to develop an idea through a user-centered process, formulate a strategy for fleshing out the concept, determine the structure, create the details for the design, and validate the interface through various testing methodologies.

Objective

Participants will learn to:

• Gather relevant business goals from key stakeholders
• Leverage the capabilities of the selected mobile platform
• Capture rich data that will enable in-depth understanding of the users and their ecosystems
• Correlate design research, market understanding and business goals to define design goals which form the foundation of the application development process
• Translate design goals into the development of structure and design of the application or website
• Validate and test the design to minimize risks and determine criteria that are important for success

Course length

Two days: 9:00 to 4:30 each day, 1 hour lunch break

Course content

• How to inform your design through an understanding of the users, business and technology.
• How to design the structure for a mobile phone application or website.
• What are the common considerations for navigation, presentation, writing and interaction to keep in mind while detailing the design.
• Important testing methods used for validating mobile phone interfaces.

Training package includes

• A comprehensive student manual
• Quick reference job aids
• The instructor's wealth of knowledge and experience in software usability engineering

Who should attend

This course is recommended primarily for app developers who work on the design and development of mobile phone applications and websites, especially those developers who are passionate or intrigued by improving the user experience. This course will also be useful for UX practitioners, marketers, and ethnographers who want to impact the way they approach the development of user interfaces for mobiles phones from the perspective of user experience.

Note: A significant portion of the content is derived from our Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) course material, and tailored specifically for the mobile environment.

Prerequisites

None