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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


According to [http://usability.gov/methods/analyze_current/personas.html usability.gov], A persona is a fictional person who represents a major user group for your site. Personas help you identify major user groups of your Web site. You select the characteristics that are most representative of those groups and turn them into a persona.


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== Links ==

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Introduction

According to usability.gov, A persona is a fictional person who represents a major user group for your site. Personas help you identify major user groups of your Web site. You select the characteristics that are most representative of those groups and turn them into a persona.

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Introductions
Lists of articles
Discussion
  • The Origin of Personas by Alan Cooper on August 1, 2003 (the guy who invented the “first serious business software for microcomputers” in 1975, i.e. an accounting program and later Visual Basic )