About 2 pound

Stephen Murray is the founder of 2 Pound and a 15 year veteran of the interactive entertainment industry. As a college instructor and a long time employee of Electronic Arts he has kept many a project off the rocks.

Stephen has a BS in MIS and Psychology and postgraduate certificates in Software Engineering & Project Management as well as a postgraduate diploma in International Business. He is also in the process of studying for an overseas MBA and is a certified Project Management Professional from PMI.org. He knows his stuff!

Philosophy

Usability is an attribute of quality and the convergence of experience marketing, consumer needs analysis, engineering psychology and product design. Delivering a product that flows efficiently, anticipates user needs, compliments user abilities and exceeds user expectations is the foundation of the quality experience. Integrating user-centered practices throughout the project lifecycle should be a Project Managers top best practice methodology.

The ultimate goal of a usability expert is to evangelize and facilitate development teams to eventually recognize, prioritize and solve usability problems on their own, and thus make the consultants job obsolete.