Services customized to meet your organization’s needs

Design for Context provides a full range of usability and design services.

User needs analysis

We find out what your users need:
We use techniques such as field studies, focus groups, interviews, usability tests, card sorts, and surveys
Document user and business requirements
Facilitate conversations with users, stakeholders & developers

Design and evaluation

We lead user-centered design and evaluation, including:
Expert design reviews and “quick win” recommendations
Wireframes and prototypes
Visual design and interaction design to improve the user experience
Design for accessibility (Section 508)
User feedback sessions and iterative usability testing
User interface standards and guidelines

Information architecture, taxonomy and knowledge management

We increase the "findability" of information through:
Integrating content with applications
Content and metadata analysis
Navigation design
Taxonomy/ontology review and design
Semantic Web strategy
Knowledge management strategy

Strategic usability consulting

We help set direction for next-generation products:
Technology adoption planning
Identifying design standards for Web 2.0/Rich Internet Applications
Planning for the design of future applications based around Semantic Web technologies

Education and coaching

We can train your team on usability and user–centered design:
Classroom training
On-the-job coaching for internal teams
Integrating usability with other processes in your organization

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Design for Context
P.O. Box 6188
Columbia, MD 21045

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