Posts Tagged ‘UX’

Inclusive design is opening avenues of opportunity for design strategists and thinkers to imagine innovative solutions serving both mass market consumers and the market for people using assistive technologies (AT). Take for instance two prominent products with native assistive technology – iPhone’s VoiceOver and Android phones with Google’s TalkBack. Unlike most design solutions that start […]

Gaining buy-in from stakeholders for a journey mapping exercise as a business analyst requires careful planning and clear communication. Journey mapping isn’t widely considered an exercise for requirements gathering; it’s viewed as more of a UX tool so you have to build trust in the process. To do this, you should make sure that stakeholders […]

As the basis for content presentation in Sitecore, well-built components are critical for a successful Sitecore implementation. Content Authors and Editors will be interacting with components in the Experience Editor on a daily basis, and there will be a wide range of technical expertise among these users. With that in mind, Sitecore developers should always […]

The fifth of the seven customer experience (CX) dimensions discussed in Perficient Digital’s CX guide is Operations. You can see in the diagram below that the first and most critical dimension, Customer Insight, sits squarely on top of Operations. That’s no coincidence! Technology + Operations = BFFs I’m sure you’ve experienced this before: you invest […]

This is the second post in a series about applying customer experience (CX) principles to life sciences. In the first post, I discussed a critical underpinning concept for the blog series related to how “customers” are defined in life sciences. Here’s a quick recap: Since patients don’t typically buy their medications or medical devices directly […]

User experience is a critical part of the technology experience in 2017. As business moves from static experiences of previous decades and commerce becomes a critical piece of the shopping journey, organizations must acquire the appropriate infrastructure. If applications and infrastructure perform poorly, money will be left on the table and customers will go to […]

A Functional Perspective on Community Design Architecting reusable lightning components for a Lightning Community is very different from architecting a Visualforce page. A key value proposition of Lightning components is that they are reusable and can easily be added into Lightning Communities by system administrators. In order to realize that value, it is critical to architect […]

Stop and think about your day. How many times do you interact with someone in a service-based role? Is it your morning coffee? The front desk of your daycare, office, or gym? Did you go out for lunch? Grab the dry-cleaning on the way home? Was it a call to tech support? A trip to […]

More than 16 million people are living with a cognitive impairment in the U.S. That is a lot of people. That means almost all of us know someone with a cognitive impairment. And, for most companies, that means that a number of customers—or potential customers—will have a cognitive impairment. Many people with cognitive impairments are […]

No matter what the function of your website is, the ultimate goal is to deliver the optimal user experience (UX) and increase conversions. Conversion is a little bit of a loose term. There are micro-conversions, macro conversions – and conversions that can differ based on your site purpose. Maybe you’re trying to get someone to […]

At Perficient, we believe Connected Health can transform healthcare delivery, and we have fused together powerful technology consulting, healthcare industry expertise, and insightful agency strategy and creativity to make a Connected Health project successful. We empower patients and consumers to take control of their health by giving them the tools they need to stay connected. […]

As designers, there are a lot of things to keep in mind when creating a site that is accessible to everyone. Jesse Hausler, principal accessibility specialist at Salesforce, touched on these in his post, 7 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about Accessibility. Here are three of my favorite takeaways from his post, along with […]