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There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design... See more » There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design for, those reasons. Adaptive Path co-founder Indi Young has written a roll-up-your-sleeves book for designers, managers, and anyone else interested in making design strategic, and successful. Mental Models is available in full-color paperback and digital (PDF) versions. Substantial supplemental content is available on this site, and all of the book's images can be downloaded from Flickr. What's a mental model? Those in the field of cognitive research have been describing and defining mental models for a few decades. The term "mental model" has come to mean "a mental representation." The mental models described in this book are representations of people's behavior, philosophies, and emotion around how they accomplish something, regardless of which tools they use. The bottom half of each diagram shows features of your product aligned with the approaches people follow. The result is a diagram that will help you: * Better understand the user experience before making design and strategic decisions. * Provide your organization with a clear roadmap of where it should invest its energies—and where it shouldn't. * Be confident about your design decisions by grounding them in research data. * Make your limited budget and time go further. * Derive an information architecture from users' tasks that will last 10 years. * Get everyone—from discordant team members to busy executives—on the same page with respect to design and strategy. Why buy this book? Mental Models will help you: * Quickly get up and running; you'll be creating mental models right away. * Learn how mental models have helped organizations from a variety of industries improve their web sites and applications. * Understand the pros and cons of mental models, and how they fit with other user experience design methods. * Avoid the frustrating mistakes that often get in the way while developing mental models. * Find out where to learn more about mental models. See less »

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