NEW!!! User-Centered Design

AIE Seminar
2-Day Seminar - 2010 Fall Schedule
October 19 - 20  Ann Arbor, MI

System Concepts Humantech is partnering with System Concepts to present this new course which will provide your organization with everything needed to put users at the heart of your design process. Whether your priority is human-computer interaction, industrial design, or the user experience you'll learn how to understand your users better and design products which are effective, efficient, and satisfying to use. User-centered design techniques will help you complete projects to time and budget, getting the maximum return from your investment.

You Will be Able To:

  • Appreciate how understanding your customers will make it easier to do your work.
  • Build pictures of your customers, their environments, and what they want to do with your product.
  • Incorporate usability principles into your development process for any system or product, even those with very tight deadlines.
  • Apply international standards in user-centered design (ISO 9241).
  • Track projects to ensure they remain user and business focused.

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in specifying how a system or product will look and function will benefit from learning about the user-centered design process, including:
  • Project managers
  • Product engineers and designers
  • IT developers and analysts
  • Interactive media, customer experience, or marketing professionals

Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend

  1. Applying a user-centered design process can increase sales
  2. User-centered design improves customer satisfaction
  3. You will be able to improve your organizations productivity
  4. Learn how to increase your projects completed to time and budget
  5. You will be able increase your sales conversion rates
  6. Learn how to eliminate expensive last minute product revisions
  7. Guidelines and standards make it easy to apply the information learned.
  8. You will gain skills to immediately impact your organization.
  9. You'll have ample opportunity to gain knowledge from your peers.
  10. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
Course Agenda
This course provides theory, case studies and examples as well as hands-on activities for participants to practice their new skills. A comprehensive course manual is provided.

The user-centered design course includes:
  • Applying the user-centered design approach to your business
  • Business benefits of a user-centered design approach
  • Guidelines and standards
  • Knowing your target users and capturing their requirements
  • Translating requirements to conceptual design and release criteria
  • Prototyping techniques
  • Measuring and testing usability
Continuing Education Credits

Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate of completion. The course meets the criteria for Continuance of Certification (CoC) points for the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE). It has also been accredited by the United Kingdom's Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF) at level 2.

Course Tuition and Payment Method
$995 per person - - User-Centered Design Seminar (2 Days)

Course tuition payments can be made with your American Express, MasterCard, or Visa credit cards. Registration and payment must be made before the program date to guarantee attendance.

Cancellations: If you must cancel your registration, please contact Humantech with a written notice at least five business days prior to the seminar for a full refund. Substitutions may be arranged at any time.
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Call the Humantech workshop coordinator at (734) 663-3330 ext. 222, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Seminar Location and Lodging
October 19 - 20 Ann Arbor, MI:
Humantech Corporate Office
1161 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Lodging/Transportation:

Humantech's corporate office is just 15 miles west of Detroit Metropolitan Airport. There are many nearby hotels. For a complete list, visit our nearby hotels. Select Ride offers a shuttle to Ann Arbor hotels. To schedule a ride, call (866) 663-8898.
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