Design | Experience
A deep dive on why projects always take longer and a framework to improve future estimation
If you’re like me, you’re maybe a jobbing dev taking on contracts and occasionally your own gigs (and by-and-large this works out OK) but maybe you secretly hate yourself for being terrible at estimation, and wish … Read the rest
how to estimate better and how to be prepared when things go sideways. By Dave Stewart.
✅ “Planned work” may be as little as 20% of the total project effort.
✅ “Extra work” increases proportionally to the complexity of the work.
✅ Account for changes (20%) and unexpected slowdowns (15%).
✅ Access to data, docs, tools, people is a … Read the rest
UX research requires knowledge and understanding of many jargon terms. Use this glossary as a reference as you delve into research.
When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods
Summary: Modern day UX research methods answer a wide range of questions. To help you know when to use which user research method, each of 20 methods is mapped across 3 dimensions and over time within a typical product-development process.
A great designer––whether of buildings, roads, advertising, or websites––considers how all users interact with their designs. Consider your website’s diverse audience of users and how your site can offer them an optimal experience as you review the following examples of accessible web design:
Examples of hard vs. easy to … Read the rest
For developers using inspect mode
https://figma-cheat-sheet.christianreich.art/
Figma Checklists (https://lnkd.in/enncAgGr), a wonderful little project with actionable guidelines to deliver better quality of Figma components — from layers and layout to properties, style and testing. Suggestions are welcome! Kindly put together and maintained by Javier Cuello. 🙏🏾
Useful resources:
Figma Cheat Sheet For Developers, by Christian Reichart
https://lnkd.in/eghBjrAD
Figma Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet, … Read the rest
Design Systems For Digital Publications (+ Figma Kits). With examples of public design systems to report news and publish scholarly content — from NewsKit and The Economist to JSTOR and Wikipedia ↓
NewsKit Design System, by Geri Reid, Luke Finch, Marco Vanali, Daniel Georgiev
Docs
Figma kit
Onboarding Figma
NRK Norway
Docs: https://lnkd.in/e3NV86Kc
Figma kit: https://lnkd.in/e5FZSi4E
Codex Wikipedia, by Wikimedia… Read the rest
UX Research Sample Size Calculators. Helpful tools to estimate the right number of participants for surveys, card sorting and usability testing:
✅ Usability tests with 5 people cover 85% of usability issues.
✅ Interviews require 12–30 people to uncover most user needs.
✅ Start small: with 15–25 users as long as you can afford it.
✅ 40-users guideline is most … Read the rest