Design | Experience
No matter what context you work in as a UX designer, at one point or another, you’ll probably be asked to redesign a user experience. At the start of your UX career, you might even conduct an unsolicited redesign to help build up your portfolio.
Either way, you might find yourself redesigning a website, an app, or the interface of … Read the rest
Achieving the product vision vs. expressing it. I believe this is a nuanced, yet helpful way to think about the core difference between product managers and UX managers. Whereas product managers typically focus on meeting business goals and launching new customer experiences, UX managers concentrate on optimizing user interactions in order to cultivate delight.
… Read the restProduct managers and UX managers both
UX design documentation is a vital part of any project that involves creating or improving user interfaces and experiences. It helps you communicate your design vision, rationale, and process to various stakeholders, such as clients, developers, testers, and users. However, creating effective UX design documentation can be challenging, especially if you don’t have a clear scope and goals for it. … Read the rest
User flow design (7-step guide)
User flow is a diagram showing the path a user will take in an application to complete a task, such as making a purchase, signing up for a newsletter, etc. A user flow helps designers focus on the user’s needs and find the most efficient way to meet them.
How to design a user flow, … Read the rest
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
Discover the most important UX KPIs (task success rate, time-on-task, user error rate, and more) and learn exactly how to measure and interpret them. Key performance indicators (or KPIs) are increasingly being integrated into the UX designer’s toolkit. With the right KPIs, you can track and measure how … Read the rest
UX design is a key factor for any product, as it’s important to identify blind spots that may hinder your ability to create a product that resonates with your target audience. Biases can creep in and prevent you from seeing where your product falls short. Every blind spot is a potential loss of user engagement and conversions, akin to a … Read the rest