VINCE BASKERVILLE
DIRECTOR, USER EXPERIENCE @CALLRAIL
INTRODUCTION TO
LEAN UX
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
‣ Learn the principles, processes and tools of the Lean User
Experience methodology
‣ How to apply Lean UX to your projects.
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AGENDA
1. Grab (x) glasses of wine
2. Review the LEAN Movement
3. Core LEAN UX Concepts
4. Lean UX Cycle
5. Review, Questions & Discussion
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WHAT IS ‘LEAN UX’ AND WHERE DID IT
COME FROM?
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“We must learn what
customers really want.
Not what we think they
should want”
- Eric Ries
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¯_(ツ)_/¯
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HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE HERE?
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“Customers don’t care
about your solution.
They care about their
problems”
- Dave McClure
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MAXIMIZE
Learning & Focus
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REDUCE
Cycle Time
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VALIDATE W/ MVPS
“The minimum amount of effort you have to do to complete
exactly one turn of the ‘build-measure-learn’ feedback loop”
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TRANSLATION FOR UX-ERS
Getting out of the deliverables business
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OUR SKETCHES ARE ONE
OF THE FIRST MINIMUM
VIABLE PRODUCTS (MVP)
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… WHAT ABOUT DELIVERABLES?
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‣ Information Architecture
‣ Personas
‣ User Flows
‣ Stakeholder Interview prep &
outcome documentation
‣ Customer Journey Maps
‣ Task Analysis documents
‣ Storyboards
‣ Building & running surveys
‣ Heuristics analysis
‣ Content Audits
‣ Conducting Tests
‣ Sketches
‣ Wireframes
‣ Prototypes
‣ Pattern Library
‣ etc….
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‣ Hypotheses, not requirements
‣ Get out of the building
‣ Use iterative designs & testing
‣ Focus on learning
‣ Small cycles/batches
CORE LEAN UX CONCEPTS
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‣ Hypotheses
‣ Research
‣ Ideation
‣ Framing / Mental Models
‣ Competitive Analysis
LEAN UX CYCLE: THINK
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‣ Refining Problem Statements
‣ Sketches
‣ Wireframes
‣ Prototypes
LEAN UX CYCLE: MAKE
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‣ Testing
‣ Product Analytics
‣ Funnel Analysis
‣ Survey Results
‣ Signups
‣ Success Validations
LEAN UX CYCLE: CHECK
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THINK MAKE CHECK
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BUT… WHY?
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“Nothing is more effective
than walking over to a
colleague, showing some
work, discussing, sketching,
exchanging ideas,
understanding facial
expressions and body
language, and reaching a
resolution on a thorny topic.”
- Jeff Gothelf
Q&A
Introduction to LEAN UX

Introduction to LEAN UX