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Slides for a talk I gave at the IA Summit 2015. Will make more sense if you hear the presentation.
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Shaping Organizations to Deliver Great User Experiences
- Shaping Organizations to Deliver Great User Experiences Peter Merholz e: peterme@peterme.com t: @peterme
- To deliver great user experiences… I just need to get the design right strategy organization
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- Internal Services Your in-house agency Project-based, organized by function PROS Strong design community Wide range of projects Design costs understood CONS Design is not strategic Little influence on important “upstream” decisions Designers easily dismissed Us vs Them
- D D DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews D D DDD Leadership Decentralized and Embedded
- Decentralized and Embedded Everyone Gets A Designer! Program-based PROS Design included throughout entire lifecycle Part of the team CONS One narrow problem for a long time Lonely Fractured user experience
- I opted for a different model
- Organize for the customer journey
- Think in terms of design teams
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- D D DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews D D DDD Leadership Platform
- S S DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE D D D DD DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews Leadership Platform
- S S DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE D D D DD DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews Leadership Centralized Partnership
- Centralized Partnership Best of both worlds Organized for the customer journey Design teams maintain commitment across a meaningful set of products/features. Yet centralization helps maintain a holistic view across the entire customer experience. Side benefit: inevitable re-orgs don’t disrupt the customer experience.
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- Structure of each design team 4-7 folks Singular strong leadership • Manages down – gets the most and best out of their team • Manages across – collaborates with cross-functional partners • Manages up – presents to executives and other stakeholders Best organized around business problems, not functions Spread of skills – strategy, planning, research, IxD, IA, visual design, prototyping 10,000 ft 1 ft 10 ft 100 ft 1,000 ft S S D D D DD
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- If you’re designing for this... Then it is senseless to have marketing and product/UX design on different teams. It’s all the same customer journey.
- The next hurdle I faced...
- Flesh out solution Refine User test Build Initial Insight Plan Ship Analyze A common project plan... Here’s what it needs to do. I have an idea! Wait... How do we know if we’re successful?
- Prototype solutions Flesh out solution Refine Sketch options Test prototypes User test Build Initial Insight Plan Ship Analyze A slightly more enlightened plan... Let’s try some stuff out first!
- Prototype solutions Flesh out solution Refine Sketch options Test prototypes User test Build Initial Insight Plan Ship Analyze Teams with strong leadership enable...
- Definition Execution Definition / Requirem ents Iterative design Im plem entation Strategy and plan, aka “Build the right thing.” Working through tradeoffs to deliver optimal solution, aka “Build the thing right.” Ideation/Generation Understand the market Product Strategy Prototype Customer empathy Ideation Experience strategy Prototype solutions Flesh out solution Refine Sketch options Test prototypes User test Build design makes strategy concrete design supports delightful, engaging experiences Plan Ship Analyze By Peter Merholz, http://peterme.com. If you use it, please attribute it. Thanks. Initial Insight
- Definition Execution Understand the market Product Strategy Prototype Customer empathy Ideation Experience strategy Prototype solutions Flesh out solution Refine Sketch options Test prototypes User test Build Initial Insight Plan Ship Analyze By Peter Merholz, http://peterme.com. If you use it, please attribute it. Thanks.
- Definition Execution Understand the market Product Strategy Prototype Customer empathy Ideation Experience strategy Initial Insight By Peter Merholz, http://peterme.com. If you use it, please attribute it. Thanks. Plan
- That said...
- Definition Execution Understand the market Product Strategy Prototype Customer empathy Ideation Experience strategy Initial Insight By Peter Merholz, http://peterme.com. If you use it, please attribute it. Thanks. Plan It’s better to iterate here... ...than here
- This doesn’t seem very lean/agile Be wary of people espousing methodologies. Typically, they are crutches to free people from critical thinking. Also, lean and agile are focused on execution (i.e., once you already have a plan).
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- Maintaining singular leadership As the design team grows, having a single leader becomes more difficult. Operational matters trump creative matters. Models from tech and journalism: • CTO and VP of Engineering • Editor-in-chief and Managing Editor
- Designers can keep a lot of other people busy
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- With a 1) centralized partnership, 2) teams with strong leadership, 3) influencing definition, and 4) a relatively small team, you have leverage.
- Leverage = Power There’s no reason design can’t be the driving force. We just need confidence, evidence, and commitment.
- One more thing...
- D D DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews D D DDD Leadership Decentralized and Embedded
- S S DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE D D D DD DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews Leadership Centralized Partnership
- Technology Features Experience
- S S DP P P P P P E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E DE D D D DD DESIGN PRODUCT MGMT ENGINEERING Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews Leadership Still stuck in a “features” world
- S S Design Team D D D DD Shopping Experience Gifting Merchandising Sharing Social Wishlists In-store pickup Style guide PLUS Search/ Browse Product Page CheckoutPersonalizationUGC/ Reviews
- Thank you for your consideration. Peter Merholz e: peterme@peterme.com t: @peterme
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