mandeep saroya
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I’VE NEVER WRITTEN A BOOK.“DRINKING TOO MUCH: A BEGINNERS GUIDE”
DUE SPRING 2016
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“WHEN PEOPLE CONFUSE UX AND UI”
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“WHEN A PM CREATES WIREFRAMES IN POWERPOINT AND HANDS THEM OVER
AS REQUIREMENTS”
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STUFF DESIGNERS HATEBEING LEFT OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS
DOING STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT TONS OF MONKEY WORK UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS
HAVING OUR EXPERTISE IGNORED
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MY PROCESSDEFINITION
A BUNCH OF USER RESEARCH REVIEW
SKETCHING AND TESTING REVIEW
PROTOTYPING AND TESTING REVIEW
BIG-ASS DOCUMENT REVIEW
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OUTCOMESWEIRD EDGE CASE BEHAVIORS
BROKEN STYLES DEVELOPMENT INCONSISTENT W/COMPS
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WHY DID I DO THIS?I WANTED TO “PROVE THE VALUE OF UX”
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN I WANTED TO FEEL SMART
I WANTED TO BE RELIED ON
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WHY DID I DO THIS?NO ONE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING
IMPLEMENTATION WAS FLAWED I LOOKED DUMB
I WAS LEFT OUT OF DECISIONS
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“WE ENTER INTO CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THE ENGINEERS. OUR OFFICES BECOME AS ONE. OUR COMMON DENOMINATORS ARE THE SAME—JOE AND JOSEPHINE. WE
GO OVER COUNTLESS ROUGH SKETCHES. COMPONENTS ARE ARRANGED AND REARRANGED. WORKING DRAWINGS AND
BLUEPRINTS ARE MADE, SOME BY THE ENGINEERS, SOME BY US, AND FREQUENTLY EXCHANGED.”
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“OF THE PARTNERS, THE ENGINEER IS THE ONE WITH WHOM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER USUALLY IS MOST
DEEPLY INVOLVED. IN OUR OFFICE, WE CALL THE ENGINEER THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND AND SEVEREST CRITIC. THE DESIGNER DOES THE DREAMING—
AND ITS RATHER PRACTICAL DREAMING—AND THE ENGINEER MAKES THE DREAMS COME TRUE. HE BRINGS TO BEAR ON THEM A PARTICULAR SKILL THE DESIGNER
DOESN’T HAVE. THE FINAL PRODUCT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. ”
MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
“OF THE PARTNERS, THE ENGINEER IS THE ONE WITH WHOM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER USUALLY IS MOST
DEEPLY INVOLVED. IN OUR OFFICE, WE CALL THE ENGINEER THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND AND SEVEREST CRITIC. THE DESIGNER DOES THE DREAMING—
AND ITS RATHER PRACTICAL DREAMING—AND THE ENGINEER MAKES THE DREAMS COME TRUE. HE BRINGS TO BEAR ON THEM A PARTICULAR SKILL THE DESIGNER
DOESN’T HAVE. THE FINAL PRODUCT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. ”
- HENRY DREYFUSSDESIGNING FOR PEOPLE, 1926
MY PROCESSDEFINITION
A BUNCH OF USER RESEARCH REVIEW
SKETCHING AND TESTING REVIEW
PROTOTYPING AND TESTING REVIEW
BIG-ASS DOCUMENT REVIEW
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MY (NEW) PROCESSDEFINITION (WITH DEVS)
A BUNCH OF USER RESEARCH (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS)
SKETCHING AND TESTING (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS)
PROTOTYPING AND TESTING (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS)
BIG-ASS DOCUMENT (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS)
MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
WHY DID I DO THIS?I WANTED TO “PROVE THE VALUE OF UX”
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN I WANTED TO FEEL SMART
I WANTED TO BE RELIED ON
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WHY DID I DO THIS?EVERYONE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING
IMPLEMENTATION WAS SPOT ON I LOOKED SMART
I WAS INCLUDED IN WAY MORE DECISIONS
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WHY DID I DO THIS?DEVELOPERS WERE EMPOWERED
DEVELOPERS WERE ENGAGED THEY MADE GREAT DESIGN DECISIONS
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STUFF DESIGNERS HATEBEING LEFT OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS
DOING STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT MONKEY WORK
UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS HAVING OUR EXPERTISE IGNORED
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STUFF WE DO TO DEVELOPERS
LEAVE THEM OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS MAKE THEM DO STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT
TONS OF MONKEY WORK CREATE UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS
IGNORE THEIR EXPERTISE
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I’M REFERRING TO THEIR DESIGN EXPERTISE.
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BUT DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
- HENRY DREYFUSS
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DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE, 1926
“THE WORD ‘DESIGN’ IS CERTAINLY NOT THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER. ITS DICTIONARY
MEANING, ‘TO CONTRIVE FOR A PURPOSE,’ MAKES IT EQUALLY THE PROPERTY OF ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS,
ADVERTISING MEN, ARTISTS, AND DRESSMAKERS.”
“WHEN A DEVELOPER GIVES ME UX ADVICE”
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“WHEN A DEVELOPER IMPLEMENTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAD IN
MIND BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE QUITE GOOD”
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“WHEN IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THE MOCKUP”
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
MANY OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO SOLVE (BUT CAN ABSOLUTELY HELP WITH).
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
SITE PERFORMANCE, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR HAMBURGER ICON.
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR TYPOGRAPHY.
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR PAGE TRANSITIONS.
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DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMS EVERY DAY.
THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR YOU GET THE IDEA.
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FRONT-END DEVELOPERSHTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, ETC.
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SITEMAPS, INTERACTION DESIGN, UI DESIGN, VISUAL DESIGN
BACK-END DEVELOPERSPHP, .NET, RUBY, DRUPAL, PYTHON, ETC.
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USER TYPES, USE CASES, FEATURE FUNCTIONALITY
RECONSIDER HOW YOU’RE PROVIDING VALUE.
BE THE ADVOCATE FOR UX IN YOUR ORG, NOT THE EXECUTOR.
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STOP DOING THAT.AVOID BEING A BOTTLENECK.
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ANYWAY, THAT JUST MEANS THE DEVS ARE DOING DESIGN WITHOUT YOUR INFORMATION.
EVERY ORG IS DIFFERENT.BUT THEY ALL VALUE EFFICIENCY.
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MAKE THE CASE THAT YOU’RE REMOVING INSTITUTIONAL BOTTLENECKS & REDUCING THE BURDEN ON REVIEW CYCLES.
BULLSH!T.THEY JUST TALK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU.
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DO THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR A WHILE. LEARN TO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
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YOUR JOB IS TO HELP OTHERS
MAKE THE BEST DESIGN DECISIONS
THEY CAN.
REMEMBER THIS PART
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REMEMBER THIS PART
THE MINNEAPOLIS TECH SCENE IS
TRULY AMAZING.THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT.