Data-Driven Persona Book: 3 Appendices for Making Personas Actionable

We are putting the finished touches on our book, Data-Driven Personas by Bernard J. Jansen, Joni O. Salminen, Soon-Gyo Jung, and Kathleen Guan, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and University College London. Morgan & Claypool Publishers.

The book is comprised of 12 chapters (10 content chapters, plus an introduction and conclusion chapter) divided into 6 themed sections.

Plus, we are adding as a bonus, 3 appendices that practitioners (and researchers) will find valuable.

Appendix A: Survey Questions for Persona Perception Scale – this is an instrument that has been validate to test how your personas are perceived by stakeholders.
Appendix B: User Interview Questions for Developing Data-Driven Personas – this is a set of hundreds of user interview questions, categorized, for development persons
Appendix C: Evaluation of Elements in a Variety of Persona Tools – this is an element by element evaluation of all the major data-driven personas templates

Coming soon! (i.e., early 2021)

Chapters for Data-Driven Personas, a Morgan-Claypool Publication https://persona.qcri.org/blog/chapters-for-data-driven-personas-a-morgan-claypool-publication/
Acknowledgements for Data-Driven Personas, a Morgan-Claypool Publication https://persona.qcri.org/blog/acknowledgements-for-data-driven-personas-a-morgan-claypool-publication/
Update – Data-Driven Personas Book for Sam, the system designer https://persona.qcri.org/blog/update-data-driven-personas-book-for-sam-the-system-designer/
Update Data-Driven Personas Book for Ting, the researcher https://persona.qcri.org/blog/update-data-driven-personas-books-for-ting/
Update – Data-Driven Personas book for Kristi, the professor https://persona.qcri.org/blog/update-data-driven-personas-book/
Personas for Book on Data-Driven Personas https://persona.qcri.org/blog/personas-for-book-on-data-driven-personas/