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