{"id":328,"date":"2022-03-01T19:41:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stefandickerson.com\/test\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2022-04-13T20:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:41:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stefandickerson.com\/ux\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"homepage wp-block-image alignfull\">\n  <div class=\"hp-text-container\">\n    <div class=\"inner-text-container\">\n        <p><span class=\"em-yellow\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Product<\/span><br><span class=\"em-white\">+ User&nbsp;&nbsp;+ Task<\/span><br><span class=\"em-bold\">= User Experience<\/span><\/p>\n      <p class=\"hero-para\">Great things happen when you fully embrace the idea that your product, out in the world, is part of a functional trio: one that includes users and the task(s) they\u2019re trying to accomplish.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"homepage-content\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"no-top-padding wp-block-heading\">What I do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My design practice uses a balance of <em>team collaboration<\/em> and <em>focused refinement<\/em> to ensure your product or service delivers <em>coherent<\/em>, <em>polished<\/em> and <em>feasible<\/em> user experiences (UX).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"no-top-padding wp-block-heading\">What that means<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UX practitioners are often approached to visually &#8220;freshen things up&#8221;, and sometimes that&#8217;s just what&#8217;s needed. More often though, a different kind of problem needs solving: one that has little to do with &#8220;freshening&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UX can also help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reduce support costs<\/strong> by finding out where users consistently stumble and why, and determining what can be done about it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Scale adoption<\/strong> of your product by reducing reliance on your &#8220;configuration experts&#8221;, and enabling users to onboard themselves.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Make your product or feature more valuable<\/strong> simply by understanding how existing users really use it, and making it a better fit for them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>De-risk a new feature or improvement<\/strong> by prototyping the experience, so you can try it and work out the kinks before you commit to building it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!-- <p>My <a href=\"\/Stefan_Dickerson_CV_2022.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/Stefan_Dickerson_CV_2022.pdf\">resume<\/a> <strong><i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/strong> has more details about how I've helped companies with these and other UX-related things.<\/p> -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know more about how I&#8217;ve helped companies with these and other UX-related issues?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\">\n<a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"\/Stefan_Dickerson_CV_2022.pdf\">Review my resume&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div> <!-- Homepage content (for padding purposes) -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Product+ User&nbsp;&nbsp;+ Task= User Experience Great things happen when you fully embrace the idea that your product, out in the world, is part of a functional trio: one that includes users and the task(s) they\u2019re trying to accomplish. 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