UX Overview

We specialize in customizing user experiences to fit the needs of both business and end users. We employ a carefully crafted user-centered design methodology based on proven usability principles. We fashion elegant, compelling, and rewarding user experiences for any media on any application or platform.

Activities

  • Ramp Genius
  • Field Research & User Profiling
  • Heuristic Evaluations
  • Task & Workflow Analysis
  • Interaction Design
  • Marketing Communication Design
  • Interactive Media Design
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Usability Testing

People are drawn to applications that are genuinely useful and make sense to them. Whether or not people will adopt your application depends on the quality of the user experience design that goes into it. And because these days, applications often must run effectively across varying devices and platforms, superior UX design is even more critical to your success.

Research and Strategy

How well do you know the people who will rely on your application to get things done? What do they want to accomplish? What excites them? What turns them off? How do they think? How can your solution deepen your relationship with them? Getting accurate answers to these and other questions is crucial to achieving your objectives.

Ramp Genius

We combine our senior design and development talent with your industry expertise in a high burst, brainstorming activity to generate profound ideas around developing product strategies and implementations. Focusing on your highest value opportunities, Ramp will bring Consulting Partners, Creative and Technology Directors, Design and Development Leads, and other creative minds to the table and couple them with your key resources to harness the most creative and strategic brain trust anywhere. During this intellection session, Ramp Group will follow a proven process of ideation and steer creative thinking to ultimately deliver a conceptual and documented product roadmap that can bring your initiatives to life.

UX Evaluation

A UX evaluation is the most cost-efficient way to get straight feedback on your Website or application. At any stage in the development cycle, we can analyze your product to determine how effectively it meets business needs and users' goals. This service can save you substantial time and money by helping you identify key product issues, especially in preparation for a launch or product redesign.

User Research

We believe that good design begins with a complete understanding of users' needs and the tasks they wish to perform. User research coupled with informed analysis is the natural starting point for any Website or application. Through techniques such as user profiling and task analysis, we can deliver clear, actionable data that helps you make better development choices and paves the way for compelling products that are easy to use.

Usability Testing

There's no better way to test the quality and effectiveness of your product or service than by directly observing how people use it. Usability tests offer genuine feedback from end users and give you the opportunity to test key functionality before a product launches. We offer a proven methodology of usability testing that can be applied at any stage in the development process, providing data that can prevent the need for costly fixes later on.

UX and Design

Our specialty is turning complex and highly interactive Web applications into innovative, dynamic portals and e-commerce destinations that make it easier for companies to do business with customers. Our proven track record includes market leaders, such as Coldwater Creek, Concur, and Corbis. (And that's just the Cs.) Many forward-thinking start-ups have also chosen Ramp Group to be their user experience and design partner to get functional ideas quickly into their marketplace.

UX Workshops

By now you realize we're strong believers in how a solid, user-centered design approach can produce compelling, easy-to-use solutions. Now, with our Ramp Group UX Workshops, you can build your knowledge of usability and share the benefits of superior user experience design within your company. Learn how you can start incorporating better user experience practices now and eliminate costly mistakes as you build better, more efficient processes and deeper customer connections. Workshops include:

Executive UX Overview

Learn about the core elements of user experience, the user-centered design (UCD) process and how your company can employ it successfully. The Executive UX Overview is the first step to understanding how the fundamental principles of UX design can benefit your company.

Process Intensive

Successful products are made by whole companies working as a team. A commitment to the user-centered design process gives those teams the tools and methods they need to work better and smarter. We've worked successfully with organizations like Microsoft to help them gain immediate benefits by incorporating UX best practices and achieve greater process efficiencies.

Usability Intensive

What makes one Website or application easier to use than another? Why is usability such an important ingredient in a successful product? The Usability Intensive workshop is a hands-on training session designed to give your key personnel the knowledge they need to make more informed decisions on usability and interaction design issues in relation to your products. They'll learn the latest methods in usability testing and how to apply them, as well as the latest trends in usability.

Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner
Preferred Vendor