Comments on: UIEtips Article: Making Personas Work for Your Web Site — An Interview with Steve Mulder http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:03:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Madhavi http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87597 Madhavi Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:47:03 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87597 This is an interesting article. From reading this article, I understand that personas are not just based on roles and task but, are personas based on goals and intentions of the user? In the example given in the article, job seeker's goal is to find a job that matches his/her qualification and apply to it. How many different personas can you create in this scenario? I understand that not all job seekers are alike, but their intentions are. So, how can you create different personas for this user? Thanks, Madhavi This is an interesting article. From reading this article, I understand that personas are not just based on roles and task but, are personas based on goals and intentions of the user? In the example given in the article, job seeker’s goal is to find a job that matches his/her qualification and apply to it. How many different personas can you create in this scenario? I understand that not all job seekers are alike, but their intentions are. So, how can you create different personas for this user?

Thanks,
Madhavi

]]> By: Janet http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87571 Janet Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:51:39 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87571 My company uses personas, although only in a limited way. We have a set of personas that was created as part of a major project by a consulting group. These personas tend to get re-used from project to project, as they represent our core customers. However, i've found that people don't seem to really know these personas - i don't feel like they're real people for our teams. I wonder if this is because they were produced externally. Does anyone have any experience of re-using personas, or of using personas produced externally? Any thoughts on how to make this work better? My company uses personas, although only in a limited way. We have a set of personas that was created as part of a major project by a consulting group. These personas tend to get re-used from project to project, as they represent our core customers. However, i’ve found that people don’t seem to really know these personas - i don’t feel like they’re real people for our teams. I wonder if this is because they were produced externally. Does anyone have any experience of re-using personas, or of using personas produced externally? Any thoughts on how to make this work better?

]]> By: Tim Cothron http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87305 Tim Cothron Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:04:26 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/09/06/uietips-article-making-personas-work-for-your-web-site-an-interview-with-steve-mulder/#comment-87305 This article was very informative. I will also check out, "The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web". Our company is just beginning to delve into persona creation. Thanks for the information and the inspiration. This article was very informative. I will also check out, “The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web”. Our company is just beginning to delve into persona creation. Thanks for the information and the inspiration.

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