User Centered Design

User Centered Design

User Centered Design (UCD) is a design approach where the designer focus the end user needs, wants and limitation at all stage within the process of design and development of product(Website).


User-centered design is a common process in software development where typical UCD activities are broken down into 3/4 phases in the development lifecycle:  
"Analysis and Research, Design, Implementation and Deployment"

The benefits of user centred design is :

• Scalable.
• Flexible.
• Repeatable. 

The International Usability Standard, ISO 13407, specifies the principles and activities that underlie user centred design:

1. The design is based upon an explicit understanding of users, tasks and environments.
2. Users are involved throughout design and development.
3. The design is driven and refined by user-centred evaluation.
4. The process is iterative.
5. The design addresses the whole user experience.
6. The design team includes multidisciplinary skills and perspectives.

User Centered Design - 6 Method

1. Focus Groups.
2. Usability testing. 
3. Card sorting. 
4. participatory design. 
5. questionnaires.
6. interviews.