Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software |  | Authors: EffectiveUI, Jonathan Anderson, John McRee, Robb Wilson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Product Description
People are beginning to demand a higher standard of user experience (UX) quality from the software systems they use in their business and personal lives, and companies are looking to UX to help drive business value and increase brand strength. Effective UI provides a complete roadmap to building groundbreaking software centered on UX quality, including how to generate management support, employing product management strategies proven to deliver greater success, and how to manage the design, engineering, staffing, and business considerations that must be centered on the user's needs and working effectively in tandem all throughout the project.
With a focus on UX, software can exceed expectations by: - Accounting for how people work with, think about, and consume information.
- Establishing richer means of collaboration and communication
- Reducing frustration by streamlining complex tasks and creating more intuitive processes.
- Generating more engaging and interactive experiences between consumers and businesses, or between businesspeople and their information systems.
- Powerfully differentiating products, services, and brands to create a competitive advantage.
For business and product managers trying to get innovative products funded and successfully built, for software professionals struggling to advance the cause of better UX, and for anyone else who needs to effectively advocate for and deliver on the promise of higher quality software, Effective UI is a comprehensive, valuable resource.
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 completely worthless June 1, 2010
Maxim Ischenko
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is NOT a book about creating UIs (user interfaces) as the title might suggest.
It's a book about politics and how to sell importance of UX inside your big and bulky organisation. I'd rate it higher if it were titled properly (though I would never bought it in the first place).
 Tie your boss down and read this book aloud March 31, 2010
A. Brooks Hollar (Staunton, VA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Has this ever happened to you?
Boss: "We have a new project! It's due in Q2 and it's gonna be great!"
You: "Excellent. What's it do?"
Boss: "I'm not sure yet. You guys get to work and I'll go upstairs and get the requirements."
If so, this book and some patience might really pay off.
I'm a senior software developer who has recently moved to a product owner position in my firm. I have long been interested (and am well read) in software methodologies and in Agile in particular. This book won't magically fix a development team's process issues, but it does suggest a robust (yet Agile) process that one could adapt to their own situation.
The first rule of any Agile process is that it can be changed to fit the environment. If you're either creating a new process or trying to refine an existing process, this book is a great starting point. There are lots of examples and easy to understand metaphors that can help make the ROI argument for user-centric Agile in your organization.
Having read the negative reviews on this book it seems that judging a book by it's cover just didn't work for these folks. If you want to build an effective GUI, this is not the right book. If you want to explore a software development methodology that values user input and user experience as the cornerstone of your process, buy a copy for everyone in your organization.
 Two Stars for two good chapters March 21, 2010
YYZ FAN (USA)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Mostly, how to "Consult on large UI projects with customers that pay you a lot of money.' This is really a consulting 101 manual. I'm sure the design firm uses consulting 101 as part of their process, but I was reminded of a Wendy's commercial from the early 80s.
Have you ever seen the "Consultant's Magic 8 Ball?"
I gave two stars b/c there are two good chapters. I have no doubt they make great UIs, but they could not capture it in this book. I had high expectations.
Read the description! March 9, 2010
Anthony Franco (Denver, CO)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is meant to be a review for project managers and executives who want to manage projects towards higher user adoption. The negative reviewers obviously have not taken the time to read the description and the purpose of the book.
Funny, because I hear many designers and developers complain about how frustrated they are with mangers that don't understand how to manage software products towards user experience. Perhaps the negative reviewers would find value from the book if they handed it to their boss so everyone is on the same page.
The most valuable review comes from Ira Laefsky, who is an independent expert in the field..
In your corner March 5, 2010
B. DuMont
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Creating attractive and useful UI requires buy-in, support and input from people across the business. Effective UI is about more than just creating a good design, it is a resource that can help you effectively work and communicate with the project team, resulting in a usable, useful and innovative software.
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