[Sigia-l] Toronto UPA Meeting Oct 8 - Usability Testing of Mobile Applications

[Lucilla Madamba]

If anyone will be in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...

The October meeting of the Toronto Usability
Professional's Association will be held on Tuesday
October 08. Come at 6:00 p.m. to meet your colleagues
-- the meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at
the Ontario Club, Commerce Court South, 5th Floor, 30
Wellington St. From the King subway station, walk west
along Wellington St. to the entrance near Bay St.,
then enter the building and use the right-hand stairs
to the elevators that take you to the 5th floor.

When you arrive at the 5th floor, mention CIPS and
TUPA at reception and you will be directed to the
meeting room. Please note that the Ontario Club is a
private club with a dress code in effect. Regular
business attire (**no jeans**)  is a requirement for
all  members and guests at the Ontario Club.

Guests are welcome. The TUPA membership/guest policy
is as follows: Annual membership, voting member (must
be a member of UPA): $10.00 Annual membership,
associate member (non-voting): $10.00 Single meeting
fee for guests: $5:00

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Agenda

1. Welcome from Yves Rannou, TUPA President

2. Report on TUPA Initiatives: Community Zero, web
site, workshops, discounts from New Riders Publishing

3. Upcoming elections

4. Presentation:  "Usability Testing of Mobile
Applications"
Presenter: John Robertson is a member of the User
Experience Team at CIBC as a Usability Consultant -
Usability Testing and Research. In this role, John is
responsible for managing the Usability Testing and
User Research for the Internet Channel, as well as the
new CIBC Usability Testing Lab. Prior to joining CIBC,
John was at 724 Solutions where he was the User
Experience Team Lead for the company. He was
responsible for pioneering usability testing and user
centered design processes for mobile user interfaces
on handheld devices, and was the lead user interface
designer for many key 725 Solutions products. Previous
experience includes 9 years at the IBM Toronto
Laboratory.

Summary of John's presentation:
Mobile devices open up an exciting world of pervasive
functionality and convenience, but as mobile devices
become more and more common, the usability problems
associated with these devices and the applications
they run are becoming more and more apparent. 

Usability issues are so important in the mobile
computing space that usability can make or break
mobile applications, mobile devices and even the
overall adoption of mobile computing.

Usability testing is an important component of user
centered design, but usability testing of mobile
devices is not as straightforward as testing other
applications.  This presentation will examine the
usability issues inherent in the mobile space, as well
as the challenges of performing usability tests on
these devices.

See you all!


Yves Rannou
President, TUPA
yves at userfriendly365.com

Lucilla Madamba
Treasurer, TUPA
lmadamba at yahoo.ca





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