Strategic UX - Rapid experience strategy techniques to help businesses succeed (1st ever intensive UX conference in India)

STRATEGIC UXRapid experience strategy techniques to help businesses succeed @ultraman me@eewei.com

Design deﬁnes my lifeEewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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Trends Trends customer customer Trends Stakeholder customer customer Trends Stakeholder Stakeholder Trends TrendsTrends Stakeholder Stakeholder customer Stakeholder Stakeholder customer customer customer Trends Stakeholder Trends Trends Trends Trends I am a futurist Attract what make sense, cut out the bull Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

1. WHY DO WE NEED A UX STRATEGY? 5. BUILD RIGHT THINGS • Who will survive? • Plan • Tactical is not good enough • Brand, Marketing & Advertising • Good design deﬁnes history • The A-Team • Use good design to improve business • Clarify the vision • What is a UX Strategy? • Design principles • Wireframes2. UNCOVER PROBLEMS & OPPORTUNITIES • Design guidelines • Story Map • Problems • Build, measure and learn • Opportunities • Innovate 6. GET MORE TO DO MORE • Gain respect • Build up enough momentum • 10 commandments3. DEFINE THE VALUE PROPOSITION 7. LEARN, MEASURE & IMPROVE • Golden Circles • Elevator pitch and Statement • Facilitate Change • Value Map • Evangelise the strategy • Business Model Canvas • Keep improving • Don’t be afraid to get ﬁred4. UNDERSTAND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE • Don’t stop believing • Interviews, focus groups, empathy maps and personas • Customer Journey Map 8. Q&A • Early usability testing Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Why do we need a UX strategy? “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” - Peter Drucker5 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

These companies no longer exist These companies, no one can live withoutfor now any way :-) Who will survive? Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

too busy (tip: innovation is key to survival) over analysis not connected (too far) Innovation less risky process, process, political Tactical processquick results comfortable Optimise and ﬁx short sighted old tech Tactical is not good enough Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

1886 1903 1937 1943Ford Model T Wright brothers 302 Biro first car first flight first phone first non drip pen 1957 1975 1996 2007 Helvetica Xerox star Motorola Startac iPhoneFirst unobtrusive typeface First GUI first mobile phone First true ‘Smart’ phone iPod, internet, phone Good design defines history Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

An index of design aware companies outperformed the FTSE All share by over 200% in both bull and bear markets over a 13 year period - Design CouncilUse good design to improve business Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

What is a UX strategy?“An experience strategy is that collection of activitiesthat an organisation chooses to undertake to deliver aseries of interactions which, when taken together,constitute a product or service offering that issuperior in a meaningful, hard to replicate way; that isunique, distinct & distinguishable from that availablefrom a competitor.”- Steve Batty, VP IxDA Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/11/apple-announces-ios-6-wwdc/

Hopes, Fears, RAIDs User behaviours Value map (incl. Competitors) and needs Business purpose and needs join a bunch of activities to create great stuff to survive* Interactions and journeys Validate Prioritise Business model Elevator pitch Build team Experience design 101 - my workshop plug :-)*improve or differentiate against Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Uncover problems & opportunities “If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘Faster Horses’.” - Henry Ford10 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Omniture, TeaLeaf, Radian 6, customer surveys, interviews consistently lowSky Voice of the Customer report March 2012 Problems Customer insight Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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Multiply: makecasing that are Edible casing Lower social tariff: Subtract the SMS, twitter, facebook recyclable only earpiece Environment friendly biodegradable casing Haptic alerts to indicate levels of Problem interest or danger Ease of ﬁnding info Trend Point & Know use back screen to quickly Channel ﬁle or sort items Smart phone Project who you are and what you know to others Divide the Flip the phone over to view in-depthscreen to the information Project presentations Add projection and movies back to the camera http://www.innovationinpractice.com Innovate Subtract, multiply, divide and add (unify) Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Founder Futurist CXO Business owner (brakes) Strategy / Planning Marketing (accelerator) Producer Customer insight Director of design UX DesignCreative Director Graphic Design Development Operations UX Lead Design team lead Sales Customer Service Customer Training Strategy consultant Nerd Brand HR New business guy Designer Finance Gain respect Understand, do a good job, evangelise... all the time! Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Define the value proposition “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” - John F. Kennedy15 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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• Why? Write a sentence that describes your purpose.• How? Match your purpose with design principles.• What? Sell them products and services they will fall in love with.http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html Golden Circles Create a purpose. Think from the inside out Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

For people who need information onthe move, the Apple iPhone is aSmartPhone that lets you access youremail and internet , unlike the PalmTreo , the Apple iPhone removes theﬁxed keyboard to give you 40% moreroom to email and browse the internet“Reinventing the phone”7,),)8,+41/5(I-&6"$2%$%<?&6,<<-$4-&%,-&2%%82&a8"&$(&%,#$)#$4&(#b-0-$%<?&%"&9)-&?"80&*"0<(&&:-Q-0&><6-6*.5(MH-0?%,#$4&*-&60-%-&#2&:-81/8<<?&(-2#4$-(=&2#9><-&%"&82-&c&82-/8<&%"&?"841%-5(I-&;82%&,>>-$&%"&9)-&40-%&6"9>8%-02=&>,"$-2=&%:<-%2&$(&%H2 Elevator Pitch & Statement Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Focus on main customer behaviour & need• Highlight an important beneﬁt• Describe how you are different or better than a main competitor (USP) Elevator Pitch & Statement Sum it up and make it memorable Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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Better or Different. Funny! Shocking !!!Accepted Not Funny. • Conduct market research and competitor analysis (e.g. SWOT). • Select 2 important features and map your brand against competitors. • Decide to improve or differentiate. http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-or-angel Value Map Show them how to gain competitive advantage and win Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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• Match (relationship, channels) value proposition to customer needs• Identify key people, activities and partners• Balancing cost and ROIhttp://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas Business model canvas Tell your business model story one sticky note at a time Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Understand the customer experience “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. ” - Steve Jobs25 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

How I start my day I need a ‘lift’ in the sets the scene for mornings to ‘kick- the rest it start’ my day I feel a haptic I want to see contentvibration from my that matches what I smart phone need (mood) I feel much happier I want to click on after watching these videos and watch videos them all in one go Fear about 24/7 Increase happiness monitoring More trust Guessing what I feel OK sharing it socially Empathy map (very simpliﬁed) Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Street interviews and focus groups to get early insight• Brainstorming using empathy maps• Creating personas that add real value Empathy maps: http://www.gogamestorm.com/?p=42 Interviews, groups, empathy maps and personas Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Customer journey map Sky.com customer journeys (high level)Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Start TrendsMonetise Consume User needs / KPIs Belong Find Learn Customer journey skeleton Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Start A mobile mood (Ease of finding info, Point & Know) monitoring and I want to point my Smart phone at something and find out if it content discovery Flawsome is interesting or not to me. service Point & Know Monetise Consume (More for less, Flawseome) (Ease of finding info, Seocnd I only want to pay for the Screen) things I watch so I can save I want relevant content played money and know I only pay for back to me on any device, what I use . Ease of finding based on my mood so that I can feel better and have my Relevance desires met and be better informed. more for less Empathy Control Second screenBelong (Empathy, Idle More for less FindSourcing) (Control, Relevance)I want to connect with I want to fine tune mypeople and brands who feel mood and emotions so Ithe same way I do so I can can find content morefind interesting content and naturally asking forhelp each other feel better feedback and giving manualabout content they can watch. control to users to define mood for planning purposes (hot date, family occasion) Social Idle sourcingEase of Finding *****Relevance ***** Learn (Relevance) I want to be able to monitor my moods so I can see what has influenced myEmpathy ***** emotional well being over time. I want to be able to teach the TV through myControl *** reactions and be taught by TV how to better my emotional health.More for less ***** Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Use customer needs from personas to outline a holistic, end to end journey.• Note which interactions and trends impact user needs and KPIs most.• Prepare to story map nextEmpathy maps: http://www.gogamestorm.com/?p=42 Customer journey map Join the dots Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• HTML prototype• Recruit 200 online participants• 3 remote RITE sessions over 1 week• Instant results + quick analysis• 10% of normal lab costs, good enough to build! Early usability testing Sky.com navigation example Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Sketch main screen layouts and interactions ﬁrst before prototype.• Quickly test HTML prototype using guerilla and remote desktop research.• Report results & recommendations fast.• Leave time to implement changes. Early usability testing lo-ﬁ prototype & concepts Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Build theright things“If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.”- Albert Einstein35 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Outline skills needed in the team (roles & responsibilities)• Write and ‘estimate’ user stories• Draft road map for budget approval• Expect change based on user validation and velocity Plan Roles & responsibilities. Objectives. Cost Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

TV Mobile webBillboards Direct marketing Other? • Incorporate ALL marketing strategy plan and timings • Let them know what you need too (web links to purchase, help etc) • Apply a consistent tone of voice and brand messaging Empathy maps: http://www.gogamestorm.com/?p=42 Brand, marketing & advertising Timing, joining the dots, brand tone Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Be very choosy. Ask for volunteers. Empower excellence!• Get people to clarify and deﬁne roles and responsibilities.• When to work in ‘pairs’ and co-locate if needed (Agile, Lean) The A-Team A performing cross functional team Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Remember technology! • “Hopes and Fears” (success and failure) • Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. Answer unknowns! • Features against spend, ROI, KPIs metEmpathy maps: http://www.gogamestorm.com/?p=42 Clarify the vision List, prioritise and challenge everything! Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

innovative = early adoption (new prospects) useful = can’t live without it (stickiness) aesthetic = love it (customer satisfaction) understandable = easy to use (complaints) unobtrusive = expressive (personalisation) honest = trust (cross sell) long lasting = timeless (less updating) thorough = all they need (pref. over competitor) environmentally friendly = ﬁts lifestyle (use all the time) as little design as possible = uncluttered (speed)606 Universal Shelving System, 1960, by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign Design principles Practical matched to KPIs Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Page component layout• User ﬂows• Interaction models Wireframes Simple and testable (match to stories) Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

components • Document lightly • High level rules, design rational, ﬂows • Page templates, components, css stylesheets and ux pattern library Design guidelines fonts, colours, coded layout Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Story MapExcel ok, Link to relevant design support assets Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Group user stories under epics (remember customer journeys?)• Prioritise on KPI impact, cost and dependencies (MoSCoW).• ‘Thin slice’ to ensure holistic joined up journey for Release 1 Story Map Lean, Agile. Minimum Viable Beautiful Product Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Tracking improvements to product selling pages Split tests saw Wk4 joiners get all changes all at once. Retention was best: - simpliﬁed search box - sign in moved to front of experience - 3 products instead of nine - introduction of Live Chat http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Lean-Startup-Eric-Ries/dp/ Build, measure, learn Split test and Cohort analysis Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Keep it lean and prepare to fail fast• Track data and split test (cohort analysis)• Learn from the results to make improvements• Keep doing this! Build, measure, learn Continuously! Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

How to get more to do more “There are three responses to a piece of design– yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” - Milton Glaser45 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Cool tech, clever partnerships understand explore prototype Release* Research Teach Build Analyse Think Measure Uncover Prioritise Learn*Good enough prototype, roadmap, recommendations Awesome team Build enough momentum Get ready for Phase 2? Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Tactical 1. Elevator pitch 6. Technology 2. The problem 7. The competition 3. The opportunity 8. Marketing plan 4. Your solution (R1/demo) 9. The team 5. Business model 10. Next Money / Milestones The 10 commandments Thank you Dave McClure @500startups Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Learn, measure, & improve“The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates50 Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Get UX strategy in to business and delivery processes• Be part of the RACI (rules of engagement)• Set up a design authority Facilitate the change Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Design Authority - Headed up by Creative Director or Experience Director• Best practice design expertise and advice• Usability testing research• Design quality assurance to ensure ﬁt for purposeResponsibilities:• Shared responsibility (all designers)• Owns Information Architecture• Maintain central resource (toolkit, UX pattern library, code, usability test reports etc.)• Create framework of methods for teams to deliver UCD activities• Be ‘good design’ evangelists and spread the word (create advocates)• Creates criteria for acceptance for design requests Facilitate the change Create a design authority Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

• Give expert talks• Facilitate creative workshops• Mentor teams Evangelise the strategy Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

Innovation Innovation Tactical Projects Tactical projects Optimisation and ﬁxes Optimisation and ﬁxes*Innovation needs to be practical Keep improving Balance* of work for people and business Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

The Association for Managers of Innovation studied why corporate innovation champions struggle to survive.! The study looked at what actions and behaviours put these managers at risk in their efforts to evangelise.! Of the 15 innovation champions in the study, 10 left their organisations and became consultants, 4 joined smaller or start-up companies, and 1 retired. None returned to a Fortune 500 company.! Most of the consultants* have as their clients Fortune 500 companies and, in some cases, their former employers.*consultant is not a ‘dirty’ word any more! Don’t be afraid to get ‘ﬁred’ Innovation subversives don’t all ﬁt Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

customer customer customer customer customer customer customer• Start small ﬁres that make a difference in a big way. OK to fail.• Persevere past early stage adoption till it becomes second nature.• Pivot when it starts feeling out of date and make it more relevant. Don’t stop believing Eewei Chen / @ultraman / me@eewei.com / #UXUtSav

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