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Step-By-Step: Planning the Structure of Your
Mobile Site
Define user personas: Who is going to use the site? What's the target market?
In what circumstances will they come to the site? What's the context? List
down typical users who would use the application.
Define user goals: What tasks do they want to achieve on the site? Is there a
better way of achieving these goals than a typical website flow? Why would
they want to do this task over a mobile? How does your mobile site help
them accomplish their goals?
Define target devices: Do you want to limit to a particular set of devices?
Or use some device-specific feature? Do you want to use SMS/Phone
capabilities?
Do paper prototypes: Sketch out the workflow for accomplishing user goals
on paper (yes, pen and paper are still useful!).
Test with real users: Show the prototype to real users and get their feedback.
Make modifications, accordingly.
Make XHTML prototype and test again: After you've passed the paper
prototyping round, convert the prototypes into XHTML MP. Now test
them on target mobile devices. Test them also with real users and make
modifications till you get things right.
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