Posts Tagged ‘Process’
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Designer Myopia: How To Stop Designing For Ourselves
- February 14th, 2012
- 26 Comments
Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, “What were the architects thinking?” Or have you simply felt frustrated by a building that made you uncomfortable, or felt anger when a beautiful old building was razed and replaced with a contemporary eyesore? You might be forgiven for thinking ...
Read more...The Messy Art Of UX Sketching
- December 13th, 2011
- 77 Comments
I hear a lot of people talking about the importance of sketching when designing or problem solving, yet it seems very few people actually sketch. As a UX professional, I sketch every day. I often take over entire walls in our office and cover them with sketches, mapping ...
Read more...The Big Think: Breaking The Deliverables Habit
- November 22nd, 2011
- 31 Comments
Right there in the center of my boilerplate for design proposals is a section that I glare at with more resentment each time I complete it. It’s called “Deliverables,” and it’s there because clients expect it: a list of things I’ll deliver for the amount of money that I specify ...
Read more...How To Build An Agile UX Team: Integration
- November 3rd, 2011
- 2 Comments
This is the final part in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described ...
Read more...How To Build An Agile UX Team: Hiring
- October 27th, 2011
- 5 Comments
This is the second in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described can ...
Read more...How To Build An Agile UX Team: The Culture
- October 18th, 2011
- 48 Comments
This is the first in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described can ...
Read more...The S.M.A.R.T. User Experience Strategy
- September 13th, 2011
- 28 Comments
I was a competitive road cyclist for four years. My bikes were good, but my race results were much less impressive. Instead of medals and trophies, all I had to show for it were shaved legs and a farmer’s tan. Regardless, on the road to becoming a competitive athlete, I ...
Read more...Building Better Software Through Collaboration: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?
- September 6th, 2011
- 11 Comments
In part one of this series, we looked at the consequences of designing and developing software in isolated environments. Some people work in lonely silos where no process exists, while others work in functional silos where too much (or the wrong) process makes innovation and progress difficult. So, how do we ...
Read more...Breaking Down Silos, Part 1: The Consequences Of Working In Isolation
- August 30th, 2011
- 33 Comments
If you’ve ever worked at a company of any size, you’ve experienced it. Isolation. Some people love it: the determination that comes from being a lone ranger, boldly going where no one has gone before. Others hate it: the despair that comes from slaving over a design only to see ...
Read more...Examining The Design Process: Clichés and Idea Generation
- February 21st, 2011
- 83 Comments
Where do good ideas come from? It’s a question that matters a great deal to designers, yet seems to be curiously discounted in the common perception of graphic design. Any time I talk with, say, an uncle at Thanksgiving about my work, I’m reminded that, in most people’s minds, the ...
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