Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug

Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug

It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typical price tag of $5,000 to $10,000 for a usability consultant to conduct each round of tests, it rarely happens.

In this how-to companion to Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug spells out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product. (As he said in Don't Make Me Think, "It's not rocket surgery".)

Using practical advice, plenty of illustrations, and his trademark humor, Steve explains how to:

• Test any design, from a sketch on a napkin to a fully-functioning Web site or application
• Keep your focus on finding the most important problems (because no one has the time or resources to fix them all)
• Fix the problems that you find, using his "The least you can do" approach

By paring the process of testing and fixing products down to its essentials ("A morning a month, that's all we ask"), Rocket Surgery makes it realistic for teams to test early and often, catching problems while it's still easy to fix them. Rocket Surgery Made Easy adds demonstration videos to the proven mix of clear writing, before-and-after examples, witty illustrations, and practical advice that made Don't Make Me Think so popular.

Steve Krug is a well-known usability expert who has discreetly worked with firms such as Apple, Netscape, AOL, BarnesandNoble.com, Excite@Home, and Circle.com for years. Don't make me think about it!

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780321657299
ISBN 10	0321657292
Title	Rocket Surgery Made Easy
Author	Steve Krug
Series	Voices That Matter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2009-12-23
Number of pages	168
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.