UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy

Episode 118: Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern


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Before designing anything, how do you figure out what your users need in the first place? Today we're diving into Top Tasks Management framework developed by Gerry McGovern, a famous UI/UX expert and author of six books on customer experience. You'll learn why addressing the top tasks is a key to customer success, and how to define and manage them for your project.

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Show Notes
  • Gerry's website — customer experience insights published since 1996 (don't forget to subscribe)
  • Gerry's books
  • Identifying Customer Top Tasks — Gerry's article on Medium
  • Episode 111: Effective Website Navigation with Els Aerts
  • SurveyMonkey — a popular survey tool
  • Jared Spool, Jacob Nielsen — UX thought leaders that influenced Gerry's work
  • Optimal Workshop — great user research tools
  • MeasuringU by Jeff Sauro, This is HCD by Gerry Scullion — recommended UI/UX resources
  • Customer Carewords — Gerry's consulting website
  • Follow Gerry on Twitter: @gerrymcgovern
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