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Effective use of Use Cases and Usage-Centered Design can produce magical results for new products invoking a strong emotional connection with users. Even industrial products must contain the feel of a consumer product. Traditional methods of user participation often fail. Focus groups are often dominated by one or two strong personalities-silencing most group members. Furthermore, scientific studies unequivocally conclude that consumers generally do not know what they want in first of a kind products. Clayton Christensen's masterpiece The Innovators Dilemma, demonstrates that if you ask users what they want, they will specify new features. But new features often distract from useability. What should a designer do? Usage-Centered Design is a structured approach to get in the head of your customer in order to develop useable, world class products.

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