Driving Optimisation Through User Experience - Rick Monro

Driving Optimisation Through User Experience

Rick Monro, Fathom @monro / @Fathom_UX

What we’ll cover

Booking a flight

Minimum inputs: searching for flights

Flying to:

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Flying from:

Departure date

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Adults Children Infants

➡ Flight times?➡ Existing account? No?➡ Insurance?➡ Extra luggage?➡ Choose seat? ➡ Want to hire a car?➡ Want car parking?➡ ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT THE SEAT THING? ➡ Tell us what you are doing.➡ You agree we everything we have just told you.

THEN GET ONE.

ARE YOU SURE?

Minimum inputs: booking a flight

££

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££

Choose county

Choose town

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27 Jul 2013

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Currency

Search

Minimum inputs: guesthouse accommodation

Adults

Arrival date

Children Nights Rooms

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Standard hotel rooms

Standard guesthouse rooms

Choose county

Choose town

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27 Jul 2013

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Currency

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Minimum inputs: accommodation search

Adults

Arrival date

Children Nights Rooms

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AirBnB brought back the human

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Location

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Nights Adults Children

A series of decisions,taken by

humans, at key points in a

process, which ultimately lead to a

successful outcome, both for the

user and the organisation

Tasks & GoalsTasks & goals

Variant A (original) Variant B (revision)

Thank you

Rick Monro, Fathom @monro / @Fathom_UX