What activities, games or examples have you used to persuade developers that they are different from ’real’ users?
22nd February 2012
My answer to What activities, games or examples have you used to persuade developers that they are different from ’real’ users? on Quora
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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