{"id":1546,"date":"2024-07-05T15:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1546"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:45:51","slug":"not-so-fast-centering-your-users-to-design-the-right-solution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/not-so-fast-centering-your-users-to-design-the-right-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNot So Fast\u201d: Centering Your Users to Design the Right Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Candice Lanius and Ryan Weber<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 6<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/13Lanius-Weber.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 13Lanius-Weber.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-353792f1-75cd-4c95-822d-d789a17fc8c9\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/13Lanius-Weber.pdf\">13Lanius-Weber<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/13Lanius-Weber.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-353792f1-75cd-4c95-822d-d789a17fc8c9\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">User-centered design can help avoid assumptions about what audiences need and help avoid creating products, such as documents, websites, infographics, etc., that individuals cannot use. By placing the user of a product at the center of the design process, user-centered design makes the processes of design, product development, or writing documents more effective and more successful. The ideas presented in this chapter introduce the core concepts and practices of user-centered design. By applying these ideas, writers can gain a better understanding of audience and create documents, designs, and even technologies they can more successfully use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Alternate Downloads:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">Writing Spaces is published in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlorpress.com\/\">Parlor Press<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/\">WAC Clearinghouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candice Lanius and Ryan Weber Volume 6 Chapter Description User-centered design can help avoid assumptions about what audiences need and help avoid creating products, such as documents, websites, infographics, etc., that individuals cannot use. 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