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Strategy
A properly planned project ensures solid requirements, stakeholder buy-in, and a clear direction to follow into design and production. In a planning phase, we start by clearly defining your project goals.Then we guide you in getting to know your users’ needs so that you can understand their goals.
- Strategic Planning and Requirements Gathering ›
Strategic planning activities allow us to align business and user requirements gathered through stakeholder consultation, competitive review and user research.
learn more › - User Profiles and Scenarios ›
Creating user profiles describes your audience segments in detail. Writing scenarios demonstrates how users will interact with your product, enabling your team to leap from understanding your users conceptually to seeing them as real people.
learn more › - User Research and Consultation ›
Communicating directly with your users is the best way to find out about their real needs and expectations, validate your current ideas and designs, and probe for improvements.
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- Strategic Planning and Requirements Gathering ›
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Research
Whether you bring us in at the beginning of a project, during design, or after launch, we will help you get the best possible performance from your digital product.- Usability Testing ›
Watching individual users interact with your current or future website provides valuable information that cannot be discovered in any other way.
learn more › - Expert Usability Reviews ›
The fastest and most cost-effective way of getting advice on the usability of your digital product is often an expert review.
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- Usability Testing ›
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Design
A detailed and approved functional specification of a product serves as a blueprint for graphic design and production teams. In a design phase, we define the site’s architecture and navigation approach. Then, we conceive and illustrate how each page or module on your site should work.- Information Architecture and Navigation Design ›
These two deliverables outline how content is organized and how users will move through your site or product.
learn more › - Interaction Design and Wireframes ›
We offer a variety of interaction and interface design services, including wireframes (also called schematics), prototypes, user flow diagrams, and use cases.
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- Information Architecture and Navigation Design ›
Our Approach
QUALITY
We take the time to understand context. We’re sticklers for detail. And we have internal quality assurance mechanisms throughout our organization.
You’ll see the impact of our commitment in the quality of our service, our deliverables and our outcomes.
EXPERTISE
We’re experts in the principles and methodologies of user-centred design.
We stay on top of current research, constantly broadening our experience through a wide array of projects. And we have extensive networks for knowledge-sharing throughout our industry.
FLEXIBILITY
It’s easy to work with UM!
As part of your in-house team or working with your agency, we’ll integrate seamlessly, providing expertise throughout the project lifecycle.
We can be an objective 3rd party resource or an integral part of your team – either way you’ll get the benefit of our experience at every juncture.
