ENDLESS USE OF USER EXPERIENCE


Good Morning readers .... !!!

Have you ever thought of a fine morning when you wake up everything around you goes virtual.Yes, User experience is always dedicated to offer the best with its comfort and warmth. Some of you might be bit annoyed as i am using comfort and warmth words over here which are of humanistic concern. The actual sense of user experience is to remove the barrier of being virtual by being virtual.

Many among us are true nature lovers and we always wish to enjoy the warmth of sunrise in our bed. The sweet smell of light air, the sound of chirping birds all creates an ambiance of  fresh and peaceful morning. This experience can be virtually created. Surprised  ?. Yes, it can be and to many extend it has been successful.One of the key example of such user experience is Wake - Up light by Philips . This Wake - Up light offer an great experience by its light and sound therapy system. It slowly wakes you up in a natural way and make you ready for the day. Forget the merciless alarm clock and annoying musics which often wakes you up irritated and ruin your day. User Experience is not limited to how effectively you design the GUI's of complicated software or how to place information in your application. It's scope is endless and yet more to discover.

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Business Analysis Vs Agile Business Analysis

What does Agile mean ?

Agile simply means Quick.

Agile approaches are adopted in big organization to handle the projects more effective and in a light weight manner. This helps the project success in long run. Agile approaches from its counterpart, the common business analysis are bit more practical in nature. Agile analysis would rather be called as an collaborative approach as it prefer an active participation of all the team members than reading a 500 page requirement document. Engaging agile approaches also helps the analyst in understanding the stakeholders need at different stages of requirement elicitation. Thus helping to create user-centered design that will improve business performance and develop the discipline to sustain gains. Another reason for adopting the agile approach over traditional analysis is the focus on quality. It keeps on meeting every requirement at its best. This is possible as it uses an iterative approach to model projects. It communicates, test and re-iterates until it deliver quality result.We can generalize project coming out of agile environment are best fit for the situation where it is meant to run.

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A Swap OR Switch ? Business Analyst to Business Analyst & User Experience Professional

 Ba to Ba-Ux , is one of the triggering topic of discussion in technological front.

Traditional Business analyst practitioners are now facing challenges because of emerging talents and widespread scope of business analyst profile.  Experienced technology experts has started identifying the power of user centered designs and are taking initiatives to merge the skill sets of  business analyst and user experience profile.

Business analyst usual work profile is much focused to requirement management or developing strategic plans for business process improvement. But the focus of ux practioner is far more broad. They visualizes the project scope, plan, create and deliver user models and scenarios which fits best in the requirements and tastes of the client. The perspective of ba-ux is wide as its cover every stage of SDLC cycle.

If you feel you are competent enough to put your legs in new shoes, then the effort will be worth it in long run.

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