Who should attend the web usability workshops?
Anyone involved in your organisation’s website should attend the web usability workshops. Usability or creating websites with the user in mind, is the job of project managers, content creators, techies and designers.
Project Managers
Project managers who understand usability are able to lead and guide their entire team to deliver websites which users love. If you’re frustrated that your vendors are delivering the functionality that you asked for but the functionality is far from user-friendly, a workshop can help you understand how to bridge the gap.
Content Creators
Content creators will learn about why a site is not usable and how content can help greatly in making a website more user-friendly. Content creators also learn how to fix usability problems by tweaking instructions, labels and words on their website.
Techies
Techies will finally understand why their applications or websites are still not working despite religiously developing based on features requested. They will gain invaluable insight into how users navigate, look for information and use web applications. They will also learn about the need to work closely with designers and content creators to deliver truly usable web applications.
Designers
Designers who understand usability will be able to push their designs beyond the visual to the functional. They will have a better idea of where to place elements on the page and how design can distract/focus the user towards completion of a task.