Tenets of User-Centered Design

  1. Early focus on users and tasks
  2. Empirical measurement (and testing) of product usage
  3. Iterative design

Gould and Lewis (1985) originally recommended a paraphrased list of these principles.

Discussion questions

  • Is there a difference between user-centered design and user experience design?
  • Is any essential tenet missing?
  • Waterfall or Agile?