What Does it Take to Design Beautiful, Intuitive, User-Friendly Applications? – The PRONIX Team!

The design process that PRONIX uses to create IT products (like applications, websites, and e-commerce solutions) that provide value to the end-user is called User Experience Design or UX. There are four basic components of User Experience Design (UX).

PRONIX IT developers have been working in the field for a long time now. It’s become apparent to us that many development teams focus too much on the initial rollout of a product, but not on the complete lifecycle of that product. To build a product that will stand the test of time, we take the entire lifecycle of that product into consideration – from acquisition and ownership to maintenance, troubleshooting, and migration to the next iteration of the solution. Everything has to be evaluated in light of how well the product will interface with the end-user at all points along the way.

Sometimes, knowing what questions to ask is as important as knowing how to do the development itself.

• Why does the client want the product, and why will the end-user utilize the product?
• What will the product be designed to do? What is its function? What will the end-user use it to do?
• How is it going to work? What are all the steps along the trail of functionality that must be built into the product for a positive user experience? What accessibility features or aesthetic aspects are key to include?

Unlike other aspects of IT design, management, maintenance, and security, User Experience Design has a “softer side” that must be considered. To do this, UX professionals are recruited from a wide variety of fields including:

• Interactive Design
• Psychology
• Programming
• Visual Design

• Building Successive Iterations Until it’s Right
• Conducting Continuous Review
• Creating Interactive Prototypes
• Creating Personas
• Designing Wireframes
• Doing User Research
• Mapping the Customer Journey
• Designing Mobile First and Responsive Products
• User Testing