ux.md

Application form for starting a SIG

What will be the name of the SIG

User Experience SIG: UX-SIG

Which two persons will act as SIG Lead?

• Jesus Garcia Gonzalez
• Sven van der Burg

What is the SIG's mission?

Our mission is to make development at NLeSC more user-centric, thereby significantly improving the value of project outcomes.

The SIG aims to slowly start expanding the knowledge and the importance of Human-centric design and best User Experience techniques within our organization and research projects, especially when developing software.

Visualization and presentation are also substantial parts of the SIG, improving seamless guidelines and keeping an eye on consistency and best practices following the eScience branding and communication guidelines. During the SIG meetings, the focus will be on providing design critiques to existing projects, analyzing the design and procedures, and giving feedback to the team members.

What GitHub repository will the SIG use?

To be created

What Office group will the SIG use?

UX-SIG, ux@esciencecenter.nl (to be created)

Plans for period until the end of April 2020

• Bring Your Own Project Design Critique sessions: During a SIG meeting we analyze the design of one NLeSC project. We analyze the design of the project's user journey, usability, accessibility, interaction, visualization, and presentation, and give feedback to team members. In this session we will make sure of keeping a "Clear scope for the conversation", "Agreed-upon design objectives for the work." and motivating "Conversation rather than command."

• Learn about UX tools and resources: From tools for ideation, wireframing and prototyping, to resources for best practices and design patterns.

What are the expected outputs of the proposed SIG?

• Contributions to eScience Center Guide on the following topics:
  • Research / User testing
  • Persona / Empathy map
  • Information architecture
  • Wireframe creation
  • Style guide creation (or UI template)
  • Visual design
  • Prototyping
• Identify common hurdles for making NLeSC projects more user-centered: by analysing different projects in the Design Critique sessions we will identify common hurdles in making them more user-centered. We can then start thinking on how to overcome those hurdles.