28th of February. First conference in Belarus “Usability and interface design”

February 28 (Saturday), from 11.00 to 15.00 in Minsk at the University of Culture will be held a free mini-conference "Usability and interface design" organized by the portal IT-JOB.BY

The program includes 4 specialists:

1. Genadiy Dragun , Lead Information Architect, EPAM : “Methods of designing a user interface”

What does successful software product development depend on? How to get better results with less time and effort?
It will be told about the decision-making methods in the design, the criteria for choosing the most effective tools for each of the design stages, depending on the specifics of the project:
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- Researching;
- Analysis and modeling;
- Design and design;
- Verification of analysis and design results

2. Pavel Konoplitsky , usability specialist and UX, Amazing Development blog author, usability.by community organizer: “Usability: Do it yourself!” [ Presentation ]

Improving user qualities of software and sites in the face of total cost reduction

- The current state of affairs. Problems of organizing quality improvement activities in companies.
- Review of existing prototyping tools : paper, board, Axure, Visio, Indesign and Fireworks, Holy Grail (Dreamweaver)
- Using Usability Guidelines
- Creation of project groups, organization of activities
- Usability Testing
- Belarus Usability Community - www.usability.by

3. Elena Polyakova , Interface Designer, HumanoIT Group : “Web 2.0 for Online Stores”

- Web 2.0 Technology Overview
- RIA-interface, on the example of online stores
- How to improve the directory structure
- How to optimize the search and product comparison in the catalog
- Optimization of the process of choosing, ordering and purchasing goods: assistance in choosing goods, shopping basket of the user, comparison of offers
- Review of RIA applications for online stores: calculators, expense logs, gliders, etc.
- Summing up: the role and capabilities of WEB 2.0 technologies for online stores

4. Alexander Sergeev , CEO, HumanoIT Group : “Usability as a growth hormone of a social network”

- Definitions: usability, interaction experience, social network
- Tasks solved by social networks
- From the idea of ​​the site to the image of the project
- Typology of social networks in terms of functionality
- Attracting new users to the site
- Establishing user relationships with each other
- Generation of content by users
- Increased number of social contacts

Details and registration on the portal IT-JOB.BY