Tamara Adlin
ABSTRACT
Personas for use in interaction and interface design have generated a great deal of interest, but the method is still relatively new. This panel brings together professionals who have used personas to solve real business problems. The panelists will describe the methods they have developed to put personas to work in their organizations and how the use of personas has impacted their products and their organizations.
- Pruitt, J. & T. Adlin. The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind Througtout Product Design. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, CA. (2005) Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Cooper, A. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition). SAMS (2004) Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Putting personas to work
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