the essentials of great search design
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The Essentials of Great Search Design. Search User Experience. As an enterprise search consultant. Oslo, Norway. Working both public and private sector. I’ve learnt One v ery important thing. Search is a Wicked Problem. Peter Morville, not me. Enterprise Search is harder... - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Essentials of Great Search Design
Search User Experience
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As an enterprise search consultant
Oslo,Norway
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Working both public and private sector
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I’ve learnt Onevery important thing
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Search is aWicked Problem
Peter Morville, not me.
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Enterprise Search is harder...
High AmbitionsVague GoalsTight BudgetsEven Tighter Deadlines
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...than you would imagine
Weak InfrastructureLegacy SystemsFaulty MetadataScanned DocumentsConvoluted Security
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To solve it takes more than
Clever Algorithms,Beautiful Code and
Lots of Data
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It requires Dialog andCross-diciplinary Collaboration with
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StakeholdersProduct OwnersProject ManagersSales/marketingHuman Resources
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UsersCustomersEmployees
UsersCustomersEmployees
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TechiesSysadminsProgrammersWeb designers
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To create something truly
EfficientUsableDesirable
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You need a process to explore requirements ahead of iterative development.
Ideation Implementation
Concept Development
Technology Design
Interaction Design
Business Goals
User Needs
Technological Capabilities
Product Backlog
Inspiration
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We call it
Sprint 0
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Stakeholder Interview
User Interviews
Personas & User Stories
Technology Assessments
Content Inventory
Information Modelling
Process Modelling
Concept Sketching
System Architecture
Integration Testing
Concept Review
WireframingIndexing
Performance Testing
Hardware & System
Specification
User Testing
Revising Wireframes UI Prototype
Prioritizing Product Backlog
Final Report & Presentation
All in just4 weeks!
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BusinessValue
TechnologicalCapabilities
UserNeeds
Interaction Designer
InformationArchitect
SystemsArchitect
ProcessInnovation
EmotionalInnovation
FunctionalInnovation
It’s not anego trip...
Stakeholders
TechiesUsers
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1Include Everybodyin the design process!
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Because we all see things a bit differently
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What kindof designerare you?
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2Seek to uniteBusiness Goals
User Needs andTechnological Possibilities
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“If I had asked people whatthey wanted, they would havesaid faster horses.”
- Henry Ford
Because innovation happenswhere diciplines intersect.
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3Find the Problemsthat you need to solve later!
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Because a weak foundationmay topple your masterpiece.
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Okay...Let’s dive inn!
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Seek inspiration
flickr.com/nedrichards
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Learn from Stakeholders what makes them
SuccessfulI Won!
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Ask questions like:How do you know it's a problem?Who are most effected by the problem?How would you measure progress?What would show that you're successful?When do you need results?
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Learn from Users what makes them
Productive
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Ask questions like:How is it like where you work?What tasks do you perform?When do you typically seek information?What is relevant information to you?Who recieves the information you find?
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Learn from Techies what makes them
Reassured
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Ask questions like:Who uses the system and for what?What kind of documents does it contain?What’s the projected growth in data size?How are other systems integrated?How is access control managed?
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Document the basisfor your design decisions.
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Document user needs as
Personas and User Stories
Age 20 yearsRole Account managerBackground High schoolComputer Experience
Much time online, Facebook, YouTube
“I want an automatic search on the customer when a phone call comes in, so that all customer information in the CRM system automatically pops up on my screen.”
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To help stakeholders make priorities.
Work on these
features NOW
Work on these
features LATER
Work on these
features later.
MAYBE
Ignore these
features, possibly forever.
HIGHTechnicalFeasibility
LOWTechnicalFeasibility
HIGHBenefit to Personas
LOWBenefit to Personas
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Organize entities, categories and facetsin Information Models
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To help users make sense of information
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Sketch out concepts that integratePersonas,User StoriesandInformationModels.
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Supported bySearch Modes Behaviors Design PatternsKnown-item Narrow Auto-CompleteExploration Pearl Growing Best BetResearch Pogostick Guided NavigationRe-finding Agonizing Universal Search
Scanning PersonalizationPivot
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Prototype and test the interaction design to discover potential usability issues.
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Prototype and test the technical design to discover potential bottle-necks and pitfalls.
Fileserver loadFaulty security mechanismsDependencies with other systems
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Let’s go over that Again...
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1Include Everybodyin the design process!
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2Seek to uniteBusiness Goals
User Needs andTechnological Possibilities
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3Find the Problemsthat you need to solve later!
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Ask, try, learn, repeat...
Ideation Implementation
Concept Development
Technology Design
Interaction Design
Business Goals
User Needs
Technological Capabilities
Product Backlog
Inspiration
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We discover the best solutions
Together
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Presentation by:
Vegard SandvoldDesigner / Information Architect
http://twitter.com/vsandvold http://thingsontop.com
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