Mapping Experiences - Softcover

Kalbach, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491923539 ISBN 13: 9781491923535

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2016

Synopsis

Customers who have inconsistent, broken experiences with products and services are understandably frustrated. But it&;s worse when people inside these companies can&;t pinpoint the problem because they&;re too focused on business processes. This practical book shows your company how to use alignment diagrams to turn valuable customer observations into actionable insight. With this unique tool, you can visually map your existing customer experience and envision future solutions.

Product and brand managers, marketing specialists, and business owners will learn how experience diagramming can help determine where business goals and customer perspectives intersect. Once you&;re armed with this data, you can provide users with real value.

Mapping Experiences is divided into three parts:

• Understand the underlying principles of diagramming, and discover how these diagrams can inform strategy
• Learn how to create diagrams with the four iterative modes in the mapping process: setting up a mapping initiative, investigating the evidence, visualizing the process, and using diagrams in workshops and experiments
• See key diagrams in action, including service blueprints, customer journey maps, experience maps, mental models, and spatial maps and ecosystem models

About this title

About the Author

Jim Kalbach is a Principal UX Designer with Citrix. He holds a degree in library and information science from Rutgers University, as well as a Master's degree in music theory and composition. Jim is an active speaker, writer, and instructor on business design, user experience, and information architecture. He helped found local UX groups in Hamburg, as well as organize conferences in Germany and Europe. Jim is the author of the book Designing Web Navigation (O'Reilly, August 2007). He blogs at www.experiencinginformation.com. @jimkalbach

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491923539
• ISBN 13: 9781491923535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 359