28th of February. The first conference in Belarus “Usability and Interface Design”

    February 28 (Saturday), from 11.00 to 15.00 in Minsk, the University of Culture will host a free mini-conference “Usability and Interface Design” organized by the IT-JOB.BY portal .

    The program will include 4 specialists:

    1. Genadiy Dragun , Lead Information Architect, EPAM : "User Interface Design Methods"

    What determines the successful development of a software product? How to get the best result with less time and effort?
    We will talk about decision-making methods in the design, about the criteria for choosing the most effective tools for each of the design stages, depending on the specifics of the project:

    - Conducting research;
    - Analysis and modeling;
    - Engineering and design;
    - Checking the results of analysis and design

    2. Pavel Konoplitsky , usability and UX specialist, author of the Amazing Development blog , organizer of the usability.by community : “Usability: Do it yourself!” [ Presentation ]

    Improving the user experience of software and websites in the face of total cost savings

    - The current state of affairs. Problems of organizing quality improvement activities in companies.
    - Overview of existing prototyping tools : paper, board, Axure, Visio, Indesign and Fireworks, Holy Grail (Dreamweaver)
    - Using Usability Guidelines
    - Creating project groups, organizing activities
    - Usability testing
    - Community of usability specialists in Belarus - www.usability.by 

    3. Elena Polyakova , interface designer, HumanoIT Group : “Web 2.0 for online stores”

    - Overview of Web 2.0 technology
    - RIA-interface, on the example of online stores
    - How to improve the structure of the catalog
    - How to optimize the search and comparison of goods in the catalog
    - Optimization of the process of selection, order and purchase of goods: help with choosing a product, user shopping basket, comparison of offers novies
    - An overview of RIA applications for online stores: calculators, expense logs, gliders, etc.
    - Summing up: the role and capabilities of WEB 2.0 technologies for online stores

    4. Alexander Sergeev , General Director, HumanoIT Group : “Usability as a growth hormone of a social network”

    - Definitions: usability, interaction experience, social network
    - Tasks solved by social networks
    - From the idea of ​​the site to the image of the project
    - Typology of social networks in terms of functionality
    - Attracting new users to the site
    - Establishing user relationships with each other
    - Generating content by users
    - Increase in the number of social contacts 

    Details and registration on the portal IT-JOB.BY

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