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Designing a
Better Process
Emily Rawitsch | Director of UX Design | @rawitsch
1 PIXEL AT A TIME
User
Research
Prototyping
Information
Architecture
Wireframing
Interaction
Design
Usability
Testing
Micro
Copywriting
Visual
Design
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Once upon a time…
Vince
the visual designer
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Debbie
the developer
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?
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!
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?
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Photoshop HTML & CSS
Alignment point
Change to
#333333
Top
align
labels!
Missing “Remember”
checkbox
Make sentence
case and add
round corners
***Overall spacing does not match comp
Wrong
fonts
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VS
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1. Why do design details
even matter?
2. How can teams work
together more effectively?
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“Attractive things work better.
Pleasing things are easier to learn and
produce a more harmonious result.
DON NORMAN
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Negative Affect
Easy tasks feel difficult
Positive Affect
Difficult tasks feel easy
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50 milliseconds
Lindgaard, Fernandes, Dudek, & Brown, 2006 @rawitsch #bigd15
Get ready…
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Left or Right?
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Design details improve
USABILITY
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Create Account Create Account
Create Account Create Account »
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Easier to Read
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.
Praesent in urna non dolor porta feugiat non a sapien.
Curabitur semper mollis neque. Nunc fermentum ligula
ut lectus bibendum commodo. In dictum mauris eget.
Harder to Read
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consesur adipiscing elit. Praesent in porta feugiat
non a sapien. Curabitur semper mollis neque. Nunc fermentum ligula lectus
bibendum commodo. In dium mauris eget arcu aliquet scelerisque.
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Proximity Closure Similarity
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“Some people think design means
how it looks. But of course, if you dig
deeper, it’s really how it works.
STEVE JOBS
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$ $ $
@rawitsch #bigd15British Design Council: Impact of Design on Stock Market Performance, 2004
Effective users of design outperformed
the FTSE 100 Index by 200%
@rawitsch #bigd15British Design Council: Impact of Design on Stock Market Performance, 2004
@rawitsch #bigd15The DMI: Review, 24:4, February 2014
Design-driven companies outperformed
the S&P 500 by 228%
@rawitsch #bigd15The DMI: Review, 24:4, February 2014
VS
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Design
Develop
Launch
Learn
Gap
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Tradition!
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“That’s the way we’ve
always done it.
A BAD COMMON SAYING
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Hidden Easter Eggs
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1 change per ticket
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Stopped comparing
Question what mattered
The design process
is just as important
as design itself.
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UX Principles
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6
TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS
Practice Empathy
1
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HTML
CSS≠"
≠" “Like”Design
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:(
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:)
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Left-AlignedTop-Aligned
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/07/label-placement-in-forms.php
Make It Easy
2
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DESIGN DELIVERABLES
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Co-
Design
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Be Objective
3
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DATA IS MY FRIEND
Details matter when
THEY MATTER
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Chrome Desktop 22.4%
Firefox Desktop 22.2%
Safari iPad 14.9%
IE Desktop 14.0%
Safari Desktop 9.9%
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A B
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BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
BUY
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$200M
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/05/why-google-engineers-designers
You’re
invited!
Let It Go
4
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DONEis better than perfect
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People rarely die
because something
is a pixel off.
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LandscapePortrait
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“Let it go…”
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Add Delight
5
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TO YOUR PROCESS
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Design
Develop
Launch
Learn
Delight?
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:)
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:)
Good morning.
What do you think?
Please. Thank you!
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Vice food?
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Iterate the Process
6
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Prototype
Test
Analyze
DESIGN
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Prototype
Test
Analyze
DESIGN
PROCESS
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simplified a cumbersome process
What traditions can
you challenge?
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1. Design details do matter
(when they matter)
2. Teams must work together
to iterate their process
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Practice
Empathy
Make It
Easy
Be
Objective
Let It Go
Add
Delight
Iterate the
Process
1px"
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+
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user
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Thank you!

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