Abuse to Reuse: Why we hate use cases but shouldn’t

You design experiences, but …
· Do you have what you need to inspire that design?
· Do others have what they need to build the designed experience?

Your loathing of use cases may be a lost opportunity.

Come and learn specific tricks about writing scenarios and use cases that will help you bridge from personas, brainstorming, design, hand-off to development teams and performing usability tests.

You will learn something you can start using today and learn how to stop the abuse!

Bonus! Attendees will have a chance to win a license for Balsamiq+Napkee.

About Our Presenter
Currently a Design Researcher at projekt202, Jan Moorman has over fifteen years experience innovating and specifying user-centered software designs. She has a keen interest in designing both usable designs and usable design related artifacts.

Jan has worked for technology consulting firms with leading software companies including Nationwide, Intuit, and Travelocity. She has served as business analyst, usability engineer and user interface designer on diverse software applications in the finance, travel, and utility industries. She has also worked with marketing departments to leverage user- based research to guide product direction.

Jan has a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Masters in Computer Science. A co-author on several publications concerning the visualization of scientific data, she has given workshops and talks on various user-centered techniques including writing use cases and root cause analysis of usability findings. Rounding out the depth of her experience in design and research, Jan is listed as co-inventor on several user interface patents. As a printmaker, Jan has received grants for large outdoor works and won awards in juried shows.