What is User Experience Design
User experience design (UX, UXD, UED or XD) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction with a product by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction with the product.
Elements of User Experience
User experience design includes elements of interaction design, information architecture, user research, and other disciplines, and is concerned with all facets of the overall experience delivered to users. Following is a short analysis of its constituent parts.
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In the context of information architecture, information is separate from both knowledge and data, and lies nebulously between them. It is information about objects.[citation needed] The objects can range from websites, to software applications, to images et al. It is also concerned with metadata: terms used to describe and represent content objects such as documents, people, process, and organizations.
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Persona (an archetypal user for whom the product or service is being designed)
Wireframes (screen blueprints or storyboards)
Prototypes (for interactive or in-the-mind simulation)
Written specifications (describing the behavior or design), e.g. use cases
Site audit (usability study of existing assets)
Flows and navigation maps
User stories or scenarios
Sitemaps and content inventory
High-fidelity visual mockups (precise visual layout and design of the expected product or interface)
General design process
UX design is a process which needs to be done with utmost care for which UX Design Experts are required.