UX Book: Agile UX Design for a Quality User Experience

The UX Book, the second edition, reflects the maturity of the user experience (UX) design discipline. It emphasizes design that combines technology, usability, usefulness, aesthetics, and meaningfulness to the user. A new conceptual top-down design framework is introduced to guide readers through this evolution. The book is oriented towards an agile UX lifecycle process and is accompanied by exercises and team projects. It aims to provide a practical understanding of what a good user experience is and how to achieve it.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 916 pages
\n Publication date: 16 January 2019
\n Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
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The field of user experience (UX) design has evolved into a robust and well-established practice, as evidenced by this edition. It reflects and, in certain areas, even accelerates this transformation. While this may be the second edition of The UX Book, it is essentially a sequel, as a significant portion of the content is brand new. One of the notable positive trends in UX is the unwavering emphasis on design, which showcases the creative abilities and insights of designers while seamlessly blending technology with usability, usefulness, aesthetics, and meaningfulness for the user.

To assist readers in navigating this evolving landscape, a new conceptual top-down design framework is introduced in this edition. The entire edition is structured around an agile UX lifecycle process, as explained through the funnel model of agile UX, which aligns more closely with the prevailing agile approach to software engineering.

In response to these trends, the book's subtitle has been updated to "Agile UX design for a quality user experience." Designed as a practical handbook and field guide for UX professionals, as well as a textbook for aspiring students, the book is accompanied by in-class exercises and team projects. The approach adopted is pragmatic rather than formal or theoretical, with the primary objective being to impart an understanding of what constitutes a great user experience and how to achieve it.

To facilitate this, processes, methods, and techniques are introduced early on to establish process-related concepts as a foundation for discussion in subsequent chapters. By doing so, the book aims to provide a comprehensive and practical guide for UX practitioners and enthusiasts alike, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge to create exceptional user experiences that resonate with their target audiences.

\n Weight: 1858g\n
Dimension: 236 x 191 x 44 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780128053423\n
Edition number: 2 ed\n