Consulting: Design and Evaluation Process

Here is a list of possible deliverables for a usability consulting project. Of course, based on your particular project, some design and evaluation methods may prove to be more appropriate than others.

Requirements/specifications

• user profile
• functional specifications
• user studies (focus groups, surveys, interviews)
• usability objectives
• business goals
• user goals

Conceptual design documents

• information architecture (flowcharts, storyboards, outlines)
• task analyses
• object action charts
• transition network diagrams

Prototyping

• paper/computer mockups
• low-fi
• high-fi
• horizontal
• vertical
• storyboards

Production

• design guidelines
• standards documents
• content blueprints

Evaluation

See our usability methods section for a complete list.