My iPhone or Yours? Usability Testing on Mobile Devices

Join NH UPA for an evening with Lis Pardi, usability researcher and user interface analyst at EBSCO Publishing, and Kate Lawrence, senior usability researcher at EBSCO Publishing.

We design for mobile, but how do we test to make sure we're creating the right mobile experiences? After several months of trial and error two researchers are ready to share what they've learned so you can skip to the fun part — testing mobile websites and apps. Through their work on mobile sites they have tested paper prototypes, prototypes on devices, and competitor sites in informal hallway testing and formal lab testing using mobile phones and tablets.

Participants in this session will:

• Learn how mobile recruiting is different from non-mobile recruiting
• Observe the possible pitfalls of prototype testing on a phone
• See the equipment combinations the researchers went through to get to their current testing set-up
• Find out the best places for mobile testing
• Get an overview of mobile usability testing theory and which of those theories are actually used in practice
• Leave with a plan to evolve standard research techniques to suit today's wireless life

About our Speakers

Lis Pardi (@LisPardi) is a usability researcher and user interface analyst at EBSCO Publishing. She earned her MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in 2010 and immediately set to work organizing the internet. She has worked on interfaces for games, retailers, and research databases. She typically talks about the ways in which libraries will remain relevant in a paperless future.

Kate Lawrence has been creating and researching user experiences for over 15 years. She’s worked in every part of the process — information architecture, interaction design, prototyping and user research — to increase usability in the travel and health care industries She is currently a senior usability researcher at EBSCO Publishing.

About our Sponsors

Our host, The Idea Greenhouse, is a membership-based 1,600 square foot office facility for professionals looking for an easy, affordable, and flexible place to work & meet in the Seacoast region. Members share office & events space,  high speed internet, office equipment, and their collective creative energy in a friendly, productive environment. http://www.ideagreenhouse.biz/

Refreshments will be provided by Mad*Pow, an experience design agency that merges the science of human factors with the art of digital design to deliver powerful interactions to help clients increase customer satisfaction, improve conversion, maximize retention, and cut costs. http://www.madpow.com

WHEN:

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Refreshments & Networking: 6-7pm

Presentation: 7pm – 8ish

WHERE:

The Idea Greenhouse

8 Jenkins Court, Fourth Floor

Durham, NH 03824

NH UPA meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required and the meeting is completely Free!