Breaking it into a 6-step framework — Mid to late-stage product teams typically have a jam packed kanban board of tickets, and a seemingly endless list of product ideas to implement. This ranges from bugs and support tickets to feature improvements. It is common for tickets and requests to be added faster than product teams can execute…

A useful framework for evaluating digital product performance. — We often say that a great product is never truly done. There is always something to improve or change based on user needs and requests, research findings, usability, or industry standards. It’s not enough for a product to be live and good looking. Effective product owners care about performance and…

And, simply put: That’s why we at Neuron cannot give you a fixed fee estimate for your project. — Over the years, our approach to client partnerships has evolved. Today, our favorite projects are those where we are truly embedded into our clients’ organization, working closely and collaboratively with leadership teams, designers, developers, and other internal stakeholders. In the early days of Neuron we tended to work on a…

Beloved intern Jeremy Chang recaps his experience as a UX Designer at Neuron before returning to his studies — Written by Jeremy Chang: A Background At the start of 2022, like much of the world, my plans were disrupted by a new wave of COVID variants — Omicron. As countries scrambled to contain the virus, my plans to intern in Japan evaporated as they closed their border, making it impossible to…

Discussing the UX design process with the Iovine and Young Academy at USC — It’s always refreshing when I’m able to break out of my day-to-day responsibilities of directing a growing design team at Neuron to educate the broader public about our practice. Recently I had the honor to deliver a virtual keynote address to a group of students from the Iovine and Young…

Charlotte Chang, Director of Instructional Design, shares strategies for modern product roadmapping during uncertain times Neuron’s March Beer and UX Meetup This month’s Beer and UX session focused on the importance of bringing human experience to bear on our work as designers. …

Takeaways from an engaging conversation with UX-industry experts No matter what our profession, storytelling is central to our lives. It is one of the oldest forms of communication known to man. But for professionals who work in design, where our product is hard to quantify, it is integral to the…

Lessons from Ishita Guptan’s talk on championing a user-driven culture. — In November the Beer and UX community was joined by Ishita Guptan, Senior Product and Customer Strategist at Credit Sesame with over 8 years of experience working in the FinTech sector. …

Takeaways from Kate Nafisi’s talk on working with distributed teams and timezones. — In June The Beer and UX community was joined by Kate Nafisi for a presentation packed with tips on thriving as part of a distributed team and working across timezones. Kate, who was previously a Senior Designer at Facebook lived in London and worked with 30 teams from New York…