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NEW ADVANCED CERTIFICATION! HFI's advanced Certified User Experience Analyst™ (CXA) certification track trains user experience specialists in persuasion engineering, strategy, and innovation. |
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Earn your Certified Usability Analyst™ (CUA) credential HFI's CUA certification program is the world's leading credential for usability practitioners. 3617 individuals have become CUAs by passing our certification exam, offered several times per year. The exam requires a mastery of fundamental usability principles – it can be taken with or without completing HFI's training courses. |
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NEW HFI COURSE! Designing Applications and Websites for Mobile Phones |
| This new 2-day course will provide you with the methodology, knowledge, and tools required to approach a mobile application or website design project.
Find out more... | Detailed course outline |
Learn practical skills to design the optimal user experience
Learn techniques and methods to create the best possible user experience for your websites and applications. HFI has taught user-centered design courses worldwide since 1982.
Our training combines the latest usability research with real-world examples. HFI’s instructors are also active consultants on client projects, so you’ll benefit from their hands-on experience and insights.
Certification is recognized in the field
Usability professionals speak out
Training, Certification, and Career Outcomes (pdf file)
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CUA of the Month – Mark Spicer of Intel More success stories from CUAs in companies both large and small |
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| Helped his career | |
| Read how CUA certification helped Art Zippel in his career. | |
| An "A" Student – CUA in the news | |
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Commonwealth Financial Network's Keri Donahue was recently featured in Computerworld. Read how she took HFI's user-centered design courses, earned her Certified Usability Analyst credential, and moved from HR to Web usability. |
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| Eric Gauvin took the CUA exam without taking any of HFI's courses. He attributes his success to lots of study and lots of experience in the field.
Read Eric's blog about taking the exam. |
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| CUA co-authors book on gaming usability | |
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What happens when the goal of the interface is enjoyment rather than productivity or efficiency? Find out in this new book by CUA Noah Schaffer and co-editor Katherine Isbister – Game Usability: Advancing the Player Experience. |
| Praise for HFI's training from the Blogosphere | |
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Rahul Mainkar took HFI's training courses in India and recently became a CUA. "Attend this course, get certified... your resume will look more elegant than before. You will also discover a new way of Web site/application design and development." Read Rahul's blog on his training experience. |
Brooke Baldwin attended the Putting Research into Practice course in New York. "It’s been several years since I’ve taken one on usability and what a great refresher. New research was presented and old ideas both challenged and reinforced." Read Brooke's blog on her training experience. |
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| HFI's 1000th CUA | |
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It took only 5 years to surpass 1,000 Certified Usability Analysts (CUAs) worldwide, representing over 20 countries. First launched in April 2002, HFI's CUA program quickly grew to become the leading credential for usability practitioners. We're proud to introduce Stacy Sundown-Kiene of MapQuest as our 1,000th CUA. |
| Hunkered down for the online CUA exam | |
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Janet Varan, of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, hunkers down in preparation for taking HFI's CUA exam online. She claims to have boosted her local economy with a celebratory shopping spree after successfully passing the exam. |