Donna Anastasi

User Experience is the process of moving from concept to detailed design to final, branded product applying best UX Design practices and conducting UX Research throughout.

User Experience requires curiosity, scientific rigor, and creativity. The User Experience professional is an expert in engineering methods and design best practices, understands human cognition, and embraces emerging technology. She welcomes feedback, assimilates information from many sources, has strong writing, presentation, communication, and negotiation skills, and constantly prioritizes and balances key considerations. UX research and design is a collaborative venture. Through continual iteration and testing the design evolves from broad concept to detailed prototype, minimum viable product, and successive releases.

User Experience throughout product life cycle 

Define
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Contextual Inquiry
Legacy Heuristic Evaluation
Review Analytics
Surveys
Personas
Scenarios
Journey Mapping
Competitive Analysis
Task Analysis
Task Flow Diagrams
UX/User Requirements
Interaction Guidelines
Company Branding Guide
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Design
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Design Concept Wireframes
​Concept Usability Testing
​Content Design
Annotated Wireframes
Interactive Prototype
Write Error Messaging and Help
Usability Test Detailed Design
Finalize Design
Visual Treatment and Styles

Develop 
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Heuristic Evaluation
​Usability Test Sprint
​Finalize Help/Coach Me
​Iterate on Design
​Add Analytics

Test
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Usability Test
UX Release Notes
​Augment Help
Design Enhancements
Determine User Reqs for Future Release(s)
Review Analytics