What activities, games or examples have you used to persuade developers that they are different from ’real’ users?
22nd February 2012
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I doubt there’s anything as effective as getting them to watch a well-run usability test—either a video, a fancy one-way glass setup or just having them quietly observe a zero-budget testing session in a coffee shop.
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