For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 19 pages)

August 27, 2009

Persona Best Practices Of Interactive Agencies

Forrester Applies Its Evaluation Methodology To Personas Provided By 18 Large Interactive Agencies

by Vidya L. Drego

with Moira Dorsey, Rachel Zinser


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester applied its persona evaluation criteria to reference personas provided by 18 interactive agencies for the recent Forrester Wave™. Most of the personas showed some room for improvement, with problems running the gamut in both type and severity. But our evaluations also revealed a number of best practices, including Whittmanhart's personal scorecard, Molecular's easy-to-read posters, and Critical Mass' superior production quality. To get the most value out of persona projects, customer experience professionals should work with agencies to perform cost-effective ethnographic research, ensure that design recommendations stay out of persona documents, and provide insights into multichannel behaviors.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemPersonas Support Effective Customer Experiences

itemExamining The Current State Of Personas

itemSix Personas Received A Passing Grade

itemPersonas Still Suffer From Basic Flaws

itemBest Practices Also Emerged

recommendations

itemPush Your Agencies To Deliver Great Personas

how forrester can help

itemUse Forrester Expertise To Get The Most Out Of Your Personas

Forrester evaluated 18 personas provided by interactive agencies.

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Analyst: Vidya L. Drego
Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management, Design & Usability Processes, Web Site Design
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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