User Experience Diagrams

by February 25, 2005

A collection of diagrams about user experience fundamentals. Last updated June 2011.

The Elements of User Experience (PDF)

Conceptual model of the considerations involved in designing successful user experiences for Web sites. -Jesse James Garrett

User Experience Cycle (PDF)

The user experience is not one simple action -it is an interconnected cycle of attempting to satisfy hopes, dreams, needs, and desires. -Jess McMullin

User Experience Honeycomb

A tool for advancing the conversation beyond usability and helping people understand the many facets that can impact the quality of user experience.

Designing the User Experience

This poster illustrates the path to more usable products. -Usability Professionals’ Association

The Fundamentals of Experience Design

The model covers the basic UX stuff like moving from a focus on tasks to a focus on activities, as well as more theoretical discussions like activity centered design vs user centered design. -Stephen P. Anderson

User-Centered Design Process (PDF)

Collateral created to communicate the SCM User Experience Group's design process and how it fits within the PeopleSoft development cycle. - John J. Stickley

The User Experience Cosmos (PDF)

A Cartesian representation of our field. As in ancient maps, this is a rather subjective and personal representation of the territory. -Javier Cañada

User Experience Diagram Rationalization

In the spirit of convergence, the user experience diagram rationalization brings together the goals, processes, and disciplines that are responsible for great products. -LukeW

The Experience Cube

These six spectra can be plotted on a diagram in order to place typical interfaces and products and reveal their relationships to each other by these attributes. -Nathan Shedroff

User Experience Curriculum Diagram

Good UX crosses, technical (information and technology), reflective (testing and psychological) stuff, creative (design and emotion), sales (marketing and business) and social network boundaries without even trying. -Tom Smith

Design Process (PDF)
Experience Design Flow (PDF)

Poster sized maps showing the steps and deliverables through the UI/IA/UX project lifecycle. Maps various activities and deliverables against project roles and indicates major milestones. - Erin Malone

Insight-Driven UCD Process

This is a basic process framework for user-centered design in small, fast teams. -Challis Hodge

Dating example for Information Architecture (PDF)

Poster illustrating the stages of IA process (and comparing to dating relationship) - Miyuki Shimbo

Importance of User Experience

A concept map of general usability and user experience concepts. -Experience Dynamics

Interface Design Skill-set Diagram

This diagram has often helped me to explain my role and value proposition as an interface designer and product strategist. -LukeW

Definition of user experience

A tool for brainstorming and defining “goodness” of user experience for a product. - Niko Nyman

A Model for User Experience (PDF)

Despite being a simple diagram, it covers all of the activities carried out by user experience professionals. -Userfocus

Experience Map (PDF)

The "Experience Map" is an attempt to illustrate what an "ideal" scenario might look like when planning, architecting and designing an interactive experience. -Logic+Emotion

Experience Lifecycle

This framework maps the journey of a typical experience – from initially learning about the product or service, through all touch points of purchase, installation, use, maintenance, upgrade, disposal or recycling. -Akendi

User Centered Design Info Graphic

An information graphic poster illustrating the underlying lifecycle, methods, principles and techniques in a user centred design process where the visual part is only the tip of the iceberg.

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