For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 18 pages)

July 19, 2007

Best And Worst Of Personas, 2007

Forrester Applies Its Evaluation Methodology To Personas From 23 Interactive Agencies

by Moira Dorsey

with Kerry Bodine, Adele Sage, Andrew McInnes


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

To gauge the current state of personas, Forrester applied its persona evaluation criteria to reference personas provided by 23 interactive agencies. Most of the personas showed significant room for improvement — and problems ran the gamut in both type and severity. But our evaluations also revealed best practices for each of our six criteria among the two personas that earned nearly perfect scores and those that didn't pass our review. To get the most value out of persona projects, customer experience professionals should ask about prospective firms' research capabilities, evaluate their reference personas, find out how they use personas during the design process, and assess their ability to help drive persona adoption throughout the organization.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemPersonas Support Effective Customer Experiences

itemExamining The Current State Of Personas

itemOnly Three Agencies' Personas Received A Passing Grade

itemThe Art And Science Of Personas Are Still Maturing

itemBest Practice Examples Of All Types Exist

recommendations

itemEvaluate Firms' Persona Capabilities Before Signing On The Dotted Line

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester evaluated personas provided by 23 interactive agencies.

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Analyst: Moira Dorsey
Technology: Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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