DrupalCon Seattle 2019: Design Strategies: Our Process for Building User-centered Websites

Designing a website can be a very complicated process with a lot of stages depending on the size of the site you are building. But with a user-centered strategy, grounded in best practices, you will be set-up for success.

In this session, we will guide you through the strategies we use and the basic steps needed for a clean, user-friendly website that is based in user research and design best practices.

What we'll cover:

Research
Defining Audiences (based on real people you know directly or indirectly)
User Surveys
Using Data to Understand Users
Developing Personas
Identifying Motivations
Designing Persona-based Information Architecture
Wireframing
Developing User Workflows & Predicting User Interactions
Interviewing Stakeholders & Testing Assumptions
Optimizing for Drupal Functionalities
Design Best Practices
Basic Color Theory for Accessibility
Current Trends vs. Universal Constants
Design Hand-off
Tips and Tools for a Smooth Transition to Development


Session Resources: https://rootid.com/think/drupalcon19-design-strategies-session

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