Design e Customer Experience

AICEX: quali sono le relazioni tra design di un prodotto e Customer Experience? Ciò che conta è ideare prodotti che piacciano davvero ai futuri clienti e che servano a soddisfare i loro bisogni. Tutto nell’ottica di una perfetta CX.

There has been a great deal written about “design thinking” in the past few years.  Much focus has been placed on its value in helping define business strategy, with design firms around the world claiming that they have evolved beyond their role as developers of products into a new role as business visionaries.

It seems nearly every firm with a design practice has a “proprietary and unique” problem-solving process that will unlock the magic combination of Customer Experience, Brand Vision and Strategy – transforming any company into the next Apple. This is only half true. Design is a process that helps people develop systems that other people will use.  This process can be applied to software, buildings, space shuttles, tea kettles and organizational structures.  CX design is about applying design’s problem solving capacity to align a business to face its customers. It needs to work across channels, touchpoints and media – making it different from other fields.  Software designers make software.  Automotive designers make cars.  CX designers enable experiences. But no one owns this process.  Its origins are ancient.  Its effects are ubiquitous in the modern world and permeate every facet of our lives.  This is the first of a two-part story – about how this process came to be, how it works, and how it can be leveraged to build a better connection between a business and its customers.

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Comprendere la mobile experience aiuta a costruire app migliori?

Nota Aicex: la mobile experience impatta drasticamente sul livello di apprezzamento delle app. Cosa rende una applicazione mobile una app da 5 stelle?

I have had the opportunity to apply my knowledge about customer loyalty/experience measurement in the area of mobile application development/testing. Today’s post is about what makes a 5-star mobile app.

A 5-Star Rating is the Goal

The 5-star rating scale has become the default mobile app criterion in mobile app stores. In a global survey of mobile savvy usersMob4Hire, a mobile market research and testing firm, found that  mobile app users, on average, need to see at least a 4-star rating (out of 5 stars) before they download/purchase mobile applications. The bottom line is that mobile apps with higher star ratings are more likely to be downloaded compared to mobile apps with lower star ratings. Mobile users who give a mobile app a 4-star or 5-star rating are also more likely to 1) continue using the app, 2) recommend the app to their friends, 3) download other apps from the same developer and 4) use other competing apps less than users who give a mobile app a 1-star or 2-star ratings. Maximizing the star ratings of a mobile app needs to be the goal of all mobile app developers.

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UX DESIGN. Seconda parte – L’APPROCCIO CORRETTO

NOTA AICEX: Innovare è più semplice che inventare perché non c’è la “sindrome da foglio bianco”. Tuttavia spesso si dimentica di fare le cose semplici, di coinvolgere e informare i clienti e di imparare dai nostri errori.

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Innovating is much easier then inventing. Let’s face it starting out with a blank canvas is most people’s nightmare. I am no exception. I’d rather start with something than nothing. But at times we are faced with starting something from scratch so, how do you deal with the blank canvas syndrome? Firstly, I’m an application designer. I don’t really like doing web sites I find them boring and ultimately not very challenging. So we will be looking at this type of UX design. Most application interfaces are stemming from a business process that either has been running in another format or is a standard reusable process eg. registration, view customer details, edit/update of data or a standard business workflow that you may be familiar with at some point. Now if I am worth anything as an interaction designer I should now be directing you to the reuse of design patterns, or the location of a good pattern library.  But I can’t, because I don’t use them. No, I’m not a deluded hero of the design world, well certainly haven’t been knighted yet. But I just like moving away from standard conventions, not that they are necessarily bad, they aren’t. I just like to go outside and breathe the fresh air a bit. You know, fill your lungs with that fresh air type of thing. Anyway, here’s how I approach design.

  1. The brief. I was once handed a brief on a post it note. Yes, you heard right. I’ll surmise for you. Peter, make it better. Now, to me that’s one of the best set of requirements I’ve ever had. Freedom! Just make it better. This is what I did first.
    • Break it down to it’s simplest form. Regardless of obstacles, rip it apart to it’s most basic and start drawing boxes and arrows. If you can get it down to a couple of boxes you’ve done it. I brought mine down to 3.
      1. Who am I – Identification
      2. What do I want – Qualification
      3. How can I get it – Application

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La user experience sarà il nuovo elemento di differenziazione: quale sarà l’effetto su internet?

NOTA AICEX: il business richiede una user experience sempre più efficace e veloce. Come cambierà internet?

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The world of business is changing, as are the locations of the people who are driving that business. How companies reach new users and how they treat them once they do will be the defining business issue of the future. Those who deliver the best user experience to a global audience will win this race will change the internet as we know it.

Improvements to the customer experience come in many forms — it could be a new mobile app, it could be data-driven proactive outreach and troubleshooting, it could be cross-platform messaging. Whatever tactic you choose to improve the user experience, the bar will be set and the stakes will be raised for expectations.

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