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You Can’t Ship from Your Ivory Tower: Including Developers in the Design Process (MinneWebCon 2015)
Matt Edwards discusses the importance of including developers in the design process to create better user experiences, emphasizing collaboration over isolation. He reflects on his own experiences, advocating for a more integrated approach where designers and developers work together on user research, prototyping, and decision-making. Ultimately, the talk highlights the need for mutual respect and recognition of expertise between designers and developers in creating effective designs.
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You Can’t Ship from Your Ivory Tower: Including Developers in the Design Process (MinneWebCon 2015)
- 1. YOU CAN’T SHIP FROMYOUR IVORY TOWER INCLUDING DEVELOPERS IN DESIGN MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
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- 3. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 I’MMATTTHAT’S NOT EVEN MY BATHROOM.
- 4. I’M A DORK MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 THIS IS NOT FALSE MODESTY.
- 5. I’M NOT FROMMINNESOTA. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 6. I’M NOT ALOCAL LEADER. MY UXPA ATTENDANCE IS TERRIBLE. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 7. I’VE NEVER WRITTENA BOOK. “DRINKING TOO MUCH: A BEGINNERS GUIDE” DUE SPRING 2016 MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 8. I’M NOT ADESIGN GENIUS. I’M NOT EVEN A NORMAL GENIUS. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 9. I’M JUST AGUY WHO WORKS WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPERS. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 10. TAKE WHAT YOULIKE LEAVE WHAT YOU DON’T. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 11. I’M GOING TO SAYA BUNCH OF CRAP NOW. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 HERE WE GO
- 12. DESIGNERS LOVE TO COMPLAIN. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 OBSERVATION #1
- 13. “WHEN PEOPLE CONFUSE UXAND UI” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 UXREACTIONS.COM
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- 15. “WHEN A PMCREATES WIREFRAMES IN POWERPOINT AND HANDS THEM OVER AS REQUIREMENTS” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 UXREACTIONS.COM
- 16. STUFF DESIGNERS HATE BEINGLEFT OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS DOING STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT TONS OF MONKEY WORK UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS HAVING OUR EXPERTISE IGNORED MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
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- 18. MY PROCESS DEFINITION A BUNCHOF USER RESEARCH REVIEW SKETCHING AND TESTING REVIEW PROTOTYPING AND TESTING REVIEW BIG-ASS DOCUMENT REVIEW MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 19. I WAS ADESIGN PROPHET. I BESTOWED “THE DESIGN” ON OTHERS. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 20. OUTCOMES WEIRD EDGE CASEBEHAVIORS BROKEN STYLES DEVELOPMENT INCONSISTENT W/COMPS MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 21. WHY DID IDO THIS? I WANTED TO “PROVE THE VALUE OF UX” I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN I WANTED TO FEEL SMART I WANTED TO BE RELIED ON MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 22. WHY DID IDO THIS? NO ONE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING IMPLEMENTATION WAS FLAWED I LOOKED DUMB I WAS LEFT OUT OF DECISIONS MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 23. WHY DID IDO THIS? MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
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- 25. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 “WEENTER INTO CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THE ENGINEERS. OUR OFFICES BECOME AS ONE. OUR COMMON DENOMINATORS ARE THE SAME—JOE AND JOSEPHINE. WE GO OVER COUNTLESS ROUGH SKETCHES. COMPONENTS ARE ARRANGED AND REARRANGED. WORKING DRAWINGS AND BLUEPRINTS ARE MADE, SOME BY THE ENGINEERS, SOME BY US, AND FREQUENTLY EXCHANGED.”
- 26. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 “OFTHE PARTNERS, THE ENGINEER IS THE ONE WITH WHOM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER USUALLY IS MOST DEEPLY INVOLVED. IN OUR OFFICE, WE CALL THE ENGINEER THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND AND SEVEREST CRITIC. THE DESIGNER DOES THE DREAMING— AND ITS RATHER PRACTICAL DREAMING—AND THE ENGINEER MAKES THE DREAMS COME TRUE. HE BRINGS TO BEAR ON THEM A PARTICULAR SKILL THE DESIGNER DOESN’T HAVE. THE FINAL PRODUCT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. ”
- 27. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 “OFTHE PARTNERS, THE ENGINEER IS THE ONE WITH WHOM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER USUALLY IS MOST DEEPLY INVOLVED. IN OUR OFFICE, WE CALL THE ENGINEER THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND AND SEVEREST CRITIC. THE DESIGNER DOES THE DREAMING— AND ITS RATHER PRACTICAL DREAMING—AND THE ENGINEER MAKES THE DREAMS COME TRUE. HE BRINGS TO BEAR ON THEM A PARTICULAR SKILL THE DESIGNER DOESN’T HAVE. THE FINAL PRODUCT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. ” - HENRY DREYFUSS DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE, 1926
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- 30. MY PROCESS DEFINITION A BUNCHOF USER RESEARCH REVIEW SKETCHING AND TESTING REVIEW PROTOTYPING AND TESTING REVIEW BIG-ASS DOCUMENT REVIEW MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 31. MY (NEW) PROCESS DEFINITION(WITH DEVS) A BUNCH OF USER RESEARCH (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS) SKETCHING AND TESTING (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS) PROTOTYPING AND TESTING (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS) BIG-ASS DOCUMENT (WITH DEVS) REVIEW (WITH DEVS) MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 32. DEVELOPERS ERRYWHERE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 THEY SAT IN ON DEFINITION.
- 33. DEVELOPERS ERRYWHERE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 THEY HELPED WITH USER RESEARCH.
- 34. DEVELOPERS ERRYWHERE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 THEY HELPED WITH FEATURE DEFINITION.
- 35. DEVELOPERS ERRYWHERE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 THEY DID UI REVIEW/FEEDBACK.
- 36. DEVELOPERS ERRYWHERE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON2015 THEY LET ME SEE BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
- 37. WHY DID IDO THIS? I WANTED TO “PROVE THE VALUE OF UX” I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN I WANTED TO FEEL SMART I WANTED TO BE RELIED ON MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 38. WHY DID IDO THIS? EVERYONE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING IMPLEMENTATION WAS SPOT ON I LOOKED SMART I WAS INCLUDED IN WAY MORE DECISIONS MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 39. WHY DID IDO THIS? DEVELOPERS WERE EMPOWERED DEVELOPERS WERE ENGAGED THEY MADE GREAT DESIGN DECISIONS MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 40. I’M NOW ADESIGN FACILITATOR. I SHARE “THE DESIGN” WITH OTHERS. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 41. HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 42. WE ARE TOO F*CKING ARROGANT MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 OBSERVATION #2
- 43. LET IT GO. MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 44. LET IT GO. MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 45. STUFF DESIGNERS HATE BEINGLEFT OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS DOING STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT MONKEY WORK UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS HAVING OUR EXPERTISE IGNORED MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 46. STUFF WE DOTO DEVELOPERS LEAVE THEM OUT OF MAJOR DECISIONS MAKE THEM DO STUFF WITHOUT CONTEXT TONS OF MONKEY WORK CREATE UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS IGNORE THEIR EXPERTISE MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 47. I’M REFERRING TOTHEIR DESIGN EXPERTISE. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 BUT DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
- 48. - HENRY DREYFUSS MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE, 1926 “THE WORD ‘DESIGN’ IS CERTAINLY NOT THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER. ITS DICTIONARY MEANING, ‘TO CONTRIVE FOR A PURPOSE,’ MAKES IT EQUALLY THE PROPERTY OF ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, ADVERTISING MEN, ARTISTS, AND DRESSMAKERS.”
- 49. “WHEN A DEVELOPER GIVESME UX ADVICE” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 UXREACTIONS.COM
- 50. “WHEN A DEVELOPERIMPLEMENTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAD IN MIND BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE QUITE GOOD” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 UXREACTIONS.COM
- 51. “WHEN IT LOOKSABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THE MOCKUP” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 UXREACTIONS.COM
- 52. “HOW THESE UXDSSOUND TO EVERYONE ELSE” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 53. “HOW THESE UXDSSOUND TO EVERYONE ELSE” MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 54. DEVELOPMENT IS A TYPEOF DESIGN MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 OBSERVATION #3
- 55. DEVS WILL DESIGN WHETHERYOU HELP THEM OR NOT MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 OBSERVATION #4
- 56. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. MANY OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO SOLVE (BUT CAN ABSOLUTELY HELP WITH). MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 57. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. SITE PERFORMANCE, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 58. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR HAMBURGER ICON. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 59. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR TYPOGRAPHY. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 60. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR PAGE TRANSITIONS. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 61. DEVELOPERS SOLVE DESIGN PROBLEMSEVERY DAY. THESE AFFECT UX MORE THAN YOUR YOU GET THE IDEA. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 62. UX IS NOT A STEP MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 OBSERVATION #5
- 63. FRONT-END DEVELOPERS HTML, CSS,JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, ETC. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 64. FRONT-END DEVELOPERS HTML, CSS,JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, ETC. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 SITEMAPS, INTERACTION DESIGN, UI DESIGN, VISUAL DESIGN
- 65. BACK-END DEVELOPERS PHP, .NET,RUBY, DRUPAL, PYTHON, ETC. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 66. BACK-END DEVELOPERS PHP, .NET,RUBY, DRUPAL, PYTHON, ETC. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 USER TYPES, USE CASES, FEATURE FUNCTIONALITY
- 67. WON’T THIS MAKE MEOBSOLETE? MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 68. RECONSIDER HOW YOU’RE PROVIDINGVALUE. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 69. RECONSIDER HOW YOU’RE PROVIDINGVALUE. BE THE ADVOCATE FOR UX IN YOUR ORG, NOT THE EXECUTOR. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 70. I’M THE ONLYONE WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 71. STOP DOING THAT. MATTEDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 72. STOP DOING THAT. AVOIDBEING A BOTTLENECK. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 73. STOP DOING THAT. AVOIDBEING A BOTTLENECK. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 ANYWAY, THAT JUST MEANS THE DEVS ARE DOING DESIGN WITHOUT YOUR INFORMATION.
- 74. THIS WON’T WORK INMY ORG BECAUSE… MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 75. EVERY ORG ISDIFFERENT. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 76. EVERY ORG ISDIFFERENT. BUT THEY ALL VALUE EFFICIENCY. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 77. EVERY ORG ISDIFFERENT. BUT THEY ALL VALUE EFFICIENCY. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 MAKE THE CASE THAT YOU’RE REMOVING INSTITUTIONAL BOTTLENECKS & REDUCING THE BURDEN ON REVIEW CYCLES.
- 78. MY DEVS AREN’T INTERESTEDIN DESIGN. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
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- 80. BULLSH!T. THEY JUST TALKABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015
- 81. BULLSH!T. THEY JUST TALKABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 DO THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR A WHILE. LEARN TO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
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- 83. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 YOURJOB IS TO HELP OTHERS MAKE THE BEST DESIGN DECISIONS THEY CAN. REMEMBER THIS PART
- 84. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 REMEMBERTHIS PART TREAT YOUR DEVS LIKE THE DESIGNERS THEY ARE.
- 85. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 REMEMBERTHIS PART USER EXPERIENCE DOES NOT BEGIN AND END WITH YOU.
- 86. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 REMEMBERTHIS PART FUSCIA IS A VIABLE PRESENTATION COLOR.
- 87. MATT EDWARDS MINNEWEBCON 2015 REMEMBERTHIS PART THE MINNEAPOLIS TECH SCENE IS TRULY AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT.
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