User-centred design is a team sport, but all too often the wrong style of collaboration is utilised. In this presentation I cover how to determine and use the most effective collaboration style for a particular task.
18 months ago I transitioned from being a design practitioner to a design manager. Find out some of the important lessons I’ve learnt along the way.
Working with domain experts is an important part of product design, yet it’s rarely covered by design courses where the focus tends to be on working with users. Find out when you should be working with domain experts, how to go about doing this and some hints and tips to ensure that you get the most out of their expertise.
Some teams will wait for users to complain about something before doing something about it. Find out why this can be costly approach and what you should be doing instead.
Remote workshops can suck. Really suck. But it doesn’t have to be like this. Find out how to run remote workshops that not only don’t suck, but are productive, engaging and perhaps even a little bit fun.
Many teams use Agile to not only deliver their product, but to design it as well. Find out why using Agile as a design process is a bad idea and what you should be doing instead.
“We are all designers” has become a rallying cry for some in the design industry. But is this true? Is this the right message to be sending out into the world? I’m not so sure.
Find out what can happen when awkward question don’t get asked and why asking awkward questions is an important part of being a UXer.
First seen in 2011, a new, potentially dangerous form of collective madness has been infecting development and product teams around the globe: MVP madness. Find out what MVP madness is, why it can be so damaging and how to stop it infecting you, and your team.
Good design requires collaboration, but whilst Agile is great for collaborating within teams, it’s not so great for collaborating outside of teams. In the second of a two part Agile UX series get some hints and tips for better cross-team collaboration.