- Section 1 - Introduction To The Course
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Lecture 1: Why Task Analysis Is So Critical To Design
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Lecture 2: About The Instructor
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Lecture 3: What Is In This Course
- Section 2 - What Is Task Analysis?
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Lecture 4: An Introduction To Task Analysis
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Lecture 5: When Task Analysis Goes Awry
- Section 3 - Developing The Task Analysis
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Lecture 6: What To Do A Task Analysis On
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Lecture 7: Where Does Data Come From?
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Lecture 8: Does TA Include Design
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Lecture 9: Deciding On The Level Of Granularity
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Lecture 10: Focus On User Actions
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Lecture 11: Tips For Group Task Analysis Sessions
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Lecture 12: Current vs. Optimized Task Analysis
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Lecture 13: Bluesky vs. Constraints
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Lecture 14: Task Analysis vs. Business Flow Analysis
- Section 4 - Documenting The Task Analysis
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Lecture 15: Formats For Task Analysis Documents
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Lecture 16: Task Analysis vs. Use Cases & System Info
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Lecture 17: Task Analysis Exercise
- Section 5 - How To Use Your Task Analysis
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Lecture 18: What To Do With Your Task Analysis Documents
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How To Use Task Analysis To Design The Best User Experience
Document the user experience of your website, app, or product BEFORE you design with a task analysis.
NOTE: The new version of this course has been combined with Personas And Scenarios and is now the User Research course.
OVER 400 SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THIS COURSE
If you want to design a website, application, software, or mobile app that is easy to use and has a great user experience, then you should be creating task analyses of the most important tasks the users will take with your product. This course teaches you everything you need to know about task analysis so that you can design the best user experience for your products.
About This Course:
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Some examples of what's in the course:
- How to outline the entire user experience of your product BEFORE you design with a task analysis.
- How task analysis is critical to design
- How to decide what to do a task analysis on
- Different formats you can use to create a task analysis
- Who to invite to a task analysis session
- The difference between current and optimized task analyses
- How to decide whether to do a "blue-sky" analysis or one with constraints
- How to use your task analysis during design
- Quizzes throughout the course to test your knowledge
- Exercises throughout the course to practice what you are learning
and much, much more!
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If you want your current and next project to match how your target audience wants to get things done, then you need to get going right away with task analyses.
What our students say:
Once again, you brilliantly explained something that looked complex and hard to do and made it simple to understand and easy to apply. Thanks Susan! Awesome class.
Great class that is focused on task analysis. Some of the biggest takeaways are who should be on a TA team, whether to include design when reviewing TA, how to run a productive task analysis meeting and much more.
Wonderful and comprehensive! This would be a great course for BAs to consider completing as they're Use Case, Requirements and Process Flows are made more exacting by pulling out user task flows from those documents. It will also help to convey why it's critically important that the UX consultant/associate be brought to the table from the very beginning of a project!
What are the requirements?
Some experience in the design of technology, such as websites, software, apps, web apps, or mobile apps is assumed.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 18 lectures and 1 hour of content!
- Describe what a task analysis is and why it is important to design.
- Decide what to do a task analysis on
- Decide on the format you will use to document your task analysis
- Decide who to invite to a task analysis session
- Decide whether you are creating a current or an optimized task flow
- Decide whether you are doing a blue-sky task analysis or one with constraints
Who is the target audience?
- User Experience Designers, Web Designers, Business Analysts, Usability Professionals
About the Instructor: Susan Weinschenk, The Brain Lady
Susan Weinschenk has a Ph.D. in Psychology and over 30 years of experience as a behavioral psychologist. She applies research in psychology to predict, understand, and explain what motivates people and how they behave. Her work includes training, presenting, and consulting in communications, customer experience, user experience, and usability. She is a consultant and keynote speaker for Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, non-profit agencies, educational institutions, and conferences. Her clients include Walmart, Disney, The Mayo Clinic, Charles Schwab, and Best Buy.
Dr. Weinschenk is the author of several books, including How to Get People To Do Stuff, 100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People, 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, and Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? Her nickname is The Brain Lady, because she applies research on the brain and neuroscience to design. She is the founder of The Team W, Inc.