User Experience in Australia. Presentation to first UPA Japan meeting on May 14, 2010

1. The user experience fieldin Australia Caronne Carruthers-TaylorJapan, May 2010

2. UPA SYDNEY Established in 2007 President: Lisa Herrod, @scenariogirl Objectives Raise the profile of usability Professional recognition Networking opportunities Professional development Forum for sharing our experiences Regular meetings that include speakers, planning sessions, and social events Work cooperatively with other established organisations ; first event was a joint presentation by UPA Sydney & CHISIG NSW Continually seek members’ input and involvement. Volunteer-run organisation; members’ help with myriad of small tasks necessary to run a professional association http://www.upasydney.org/index.php?page=About+UPA+Sydney/About+UPA+Sydney

3. UPA SYDNEY - EVENT UPA Cabaret! is a fusion of old school Variety TV and Vaudeville with a whiff of Side Show Alley, minus the menacing musicals. It's a fun, lively and engaging hour and a half of usability and user experience topics, presentations and activities. We promise... there's no singing, dancing or acrobatics! Our 3 confirmed speakers for the night are: 1. The wonderful Jackie Moyes! YAY! “Why I quit user centred design…but didn’t really” 2. The intriguing Mr Shane Morris! Woohoo! 3. The captivating Michelle Gilmore! ZOMG! There will also be a whole lot of other things going on throughout the night - but we're keeping all that a surprise! UPA Cabaret! is all about catching up with peers, learning something new, making connections, sharing information and most of all doing it in a fun, entertaining way. You don't need to be a UPA member or even working in the field. Everyone is welcome. UPA Cabaret! is brought to you by Lisa Herrod, Jay Rogers, Tym Lawrence and Dean Wood from the Sydney Usability Chapter. http://upacabaret.eventbrite.com/

4. Design process

5. Affinity diagramming

6. Iterative Co-design Collaboration & Cooperation Not 100% complete Present at high level initially Requirements evolve Stimulate productive discussions Enable development to begin then evolve. http://www.pbase.com/medoras/image/68699105

7. The process No magic bullet for software development. Know techniques from various waterfall and agile development methods and select the best approach X

8. Australian conferences UX Australia : August 25-27 2010www.uxaustralia.com.au@UXAustraliadonna@uxaustralia.com.au Web Directions South : October 12-15 2010 http://south10.webdirections.org/@webdirections OZ-IA : October 8-9 2010 www.oz-ia.org/2010/ @OzIA_Sydney

9. Usability Professionals Association (UPA), www.upassoc.org UX Network, http://uxnet.org BarCamp, http://barcamp.org/ Canberra IA Community, www.iacanberra.org UX Bookclub, www.uxbookclub.org Web Standards Group (WSG), http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG), www.chisig.org Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA)http://www.webindustry.asn.au/ And more ... Communities

10. Skills & abilities Human psychology & social research Interaction design, HCI & UI design Basics of graphic design Interest in technology Interpersonal skills Verbal & visual communication skills Negotiation & facilitation Creativity & vision Enthusiasm!

11. Last but not least ...PASSION

12. Educate yourself Learn & actively participate! Publications Blogs Books Local communities – IA cocktail hour, barcamp, UX bookclub Organisations Mailing lists Webinars Workshops or courses Conferences – UX Australia, Oz-IA, Web Directions (hat tip to Whitney Hess)

13. “I been looking at your poster in the hallway for weeks. I’m interested in what you guys do. It’s amazing! I work in IT Security down the corridor ...” http://www.datphan.com/headshot_4_crop_large.jpg

14. Thank you CaronneCarruthers-Taylor User Experience aficionado, Interaction designer, Usability specialist Twitter: @caronne www.linkedin.com/in/caronne