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How is Software Designed?

Research

“Research” is shorthand for “Let’s find out how our users behave to help us create a solution to their problems or address their unmet…

Dec 15, 2017

Dec 15, 2017

Victor Lombardi
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How is Software Designed?

The Brief

At the beginning of a project the design lead or product manager will write a brief, a document that summarizes what the team needs to…

Oct 30, 2017

Oct 30, 2017

Victor Lombardi
in
How is Software Designed?

Process

All human-centered software design can be boiled down to three essential activities:

Oct 26, 2017

Victor Lombardi
in
How is Software Designed?

Roles

I’m using the word roles rather than jobs because the division of work changes per project. On small projects all the design work might be…

Oct 26, 2017

Oct 26, 2017

Victor Lombardi
in
How is Software Designed?

How is Software Designed? A Tiny Introduction to Human-Centered Software Design for The Real World (a book for non-designers)

Oct 24, 2017

Victor Lombardi
in
How is Software Designed?

Why Design?

The most obvious benefit of design is to make the user interface look better. Designers use color and fonts carefully, align things on the…

Oct 24, 2017

Victor Lombardi
in
How is Software Designed?

What is Human-Centered Software Design?

This book describes how designers create user interfaces by focusing on the people that use the software.

Oct 24, 2017

Victor Lombardi

Pearson, You Can Do Better

People are worried about Common Core. People are worried about PARCC tests. Me? I’m worried about the way the PARCC tests are designed by…

Sep 20, 2016

Sep 20, 2016

Victor Lombardi

What Do Consumers Really Want From Financial Planning?

In 2011 I was working on Wall Street. Every day for two months I would walk past the Occupy Wall Street protestors camped out in Zuccotti…

Sep 8, 2016

What Do Consumers Really Want From Financial Planning?

Sep 8, 2016

Victor Lombardi

What’s Next for Digital Product Design?

Working in the fast-changing world of digital product design, there’s always some new and exciting tools and techniques to learn. The flip…

Jul 20, 2016

Jul 20, 2016

Research

“Research” is shorthand for “Let’s find out how our users behave to help us create a solution to their problems or address their unmet…

The Brief

At the beginning of a project the design lead or product manager will write a brief, a document that summarizes what the team needs to…

Process

All human-centered software design can be boiled down to three essential activities:

Roles

I’m using the word roles rather than jobs because the division of work changes per project. On small projects all the design work might be…

Table of Contents

How is Software Designed? A Tiny Introduction to Human-Centered Software Design for The Real World (a book for non-designers)

Why Design?

The most obvious benefit of design is to make the user interface look better. Designers use color and fonts carefully, align things on the…

What is Human-Centered Software Design?

This book describes how designers create user interfaces by focusing on the people that use the software.

Pearson, You Can Do Better

People are worried about Common Core. People are worried about PARCC tests. Me? I’m worried about the way the PARCC tests are designed by…

What Do Consumers Really Want From Financial Planning?

In 2011 I was working on Wall Street. Every day for two months I would walk past the Occupy Wall Street protestors camped out in Zuccotti…

What’s Next for Digital Product Design?

Working in the fast-changing world of digital product design, there’s always some new and exciting tools and techniques to learn. The flip…

Victor Lombardi