Sep 10, 2022Why every designer should be a systems thinker3417Helge TennøNice article. Would also look at Hugh Dubberly's writing on System Design.Nice article. Would also look at Hugh Dubberly's writing on System Design. http://www.dubberly.com/articles/a-systems-literacy-manifesto.html For the public as well as for designers, planners, and managers, part of the difficulty is that these systems are complex (made of many parts, richly connected), dynamic (growing and interacting with the world), and probabilistic (easily…1 min read1 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Updated Aug 29, 2022Member-onlyiVis: Understand business challenges via interactive visualizationA framework for creating visualizations that help your teams understand the business. — In Something other than dashboards we looked at alternatives to dashboards. In this article we dig into assembling interactive visualizations. Where dashboards provide a snapshot of how various aspects of a business are performing, interactive visualizations lend themselves to understanding how multiple factors contribute to a specific business challenge via…Dashboard Design6 min readDashboard Design6 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jun 22, 2022Member-onlySomething other than dashboardsOther visualization experiences for different kinds of understanding. — Are dashboards the only way to engage users with data? Nope. The following experiences offer other ways of engaging users. First, let's look at what dashboards do offer… Dashboards Dashboards allow users to evaluate a set of metrics across a data space they know to determine if the system is operating…Visualization4 min readVisualization4 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jun 13, 2022Member-onlyContra User StoriesUser Stories to design against — In User Story Prime we looked at writing user stories you can be sure reflect what users want. In User Story Mixology we looked at how the different parts of a user story drive features users want (or need). …5 min read5 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Apr 16, 2022UX design considerations for acquisitions: Product EcosystemYou company bought a product and now it’s up to you to consider the ecosystem as part of the UX integration effort. (Part 3 of 3) — Written in collaboration with Misha Vaughan, VP of UX at ICE MT. If you did not catch them, in Part 1 we introduced the idea of a continuum of choices, largely focused on standalone products. In Part 2, we presented a design framework for integrating products. Now in Part 3…Acquisition Strategies5 min readAcquisition Strategies5 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Mar 25, 2022UX design considerations for acquisitions: Product IntegrationsYour company bought a product they want to integrate into existing products… (Part 2 of 3) — Written in collaboration with Misha Vaughan, VP of UX at ICE Mortgage Technology. This is Part 2 of a three part series on the UX considerations for designers, design leaders, or architects charged with developing the plan for alignment of user experiences of acquisitions. In Part 1 we introduced the…User Experience8 min readUser Experience8 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Feb 23, 2022UX design considerations for acquisitions: Standalone ProductsMaking acquisitions part of your UX family — A model, a menu, and addressing standalone products. (Part 1 of 3) — Written in collaboration with Misha Vaughan, VP of UX at ICE Mortgage Technology. This is a 3-part series on the UX considerations for any designer, design leader, or architect charged with developing the plan for alignment of user experiences of acquisitions. In this part of the series, we introduce the…User Experience6 min readUser Experience6 min read
Published in UX Planet·Aug 22, 2020Member-onlyDesigning for InnovationEffectively applying design to foster innovation. — User experience’s role in helping a company innovate can and should extend beyond user flow diagrams, wireframes, and other design specific deliverables. The following provides entry points for using the design team to facilitate innovation within the business. Before going over the ways, throughout the product lifecycle, that design and…Innovation6 min readInnovation6 min read
Published in UX Planet·Aug 17, 2020Member-onlyUse Case StoryboardingA framework to kickstart writing stories that help prioritize strategy, direction, product, features… — Recently was working with fellow designers and product management folks on a new, large project. The PM had written an extensive list of requirements (40+) and we were trying to decide what to start designing first. We (UX) were asking what the priorities were to get designed first. Product Management…Product Design4 min readProduct Design4 min read
Published in The Startup·May 8, 2020Member-onlyReady to EngageUseful information to have about users and their activities when starting to design a feature. — When designers work in an embedded environment, attached to a full-stack team, there is time and support to gain knowledge about the domain, its users, and their processes. In contrast, in a studio environment designers work with a number of teams across products or features. …Product Design8 min readProduct Design8 min read
