Defining a quality user experience in collaboration with engineers
Discover the art of collaboration between design and engineering teams to craft superior user experiences in our latest video. Learn about the distinct areas of ownership and shared responsibilities that harmonize to define a quality UX that stands out.
Getting feedback as a product designer
Sharpen your craft as a product designer by mastering the art of feedback. Learn effective strategies to get comfortable with feedback, structure your design reviews, and reflect on your feedback sources in this insightful guide.
When Product Marketing meets Product Design
Journey with me through the Utah wilderness as we dissect the intriguing blend of product marketing and design. Uncover how agile methodology, emotion-driven branding, and proactive stakeholder management intersect to pose a compelling design challenge.
Exploring the principles of trust with sixty product leaders
Trust is a crucial component of any successful relationship, but it can be difficult to establish and maintain. This article explores some practical tips for building trust, including communication, reliability, and consistency. By following these guidelines, you can cultivate stronger, more trusting relationships with the people in your life.
Conway's Law explained - Required knowledge for designers
Explore how the structure of your organization directly influences your digital products as we delve into Conway's Law from the sunny backdrop of Palm Springs. Learn how balanced, diverse teams and user-centered design approaches can lead to digital products that resonate with a wide audience.
Why do we have balanced product teams?
Dive into the fundamental role of balanced product teams in problem-solving and product development, illustrated through real experiences at Pivotal Labs and Strava. Discover the dynamics of 'two pizza teams' and see why a mix of product management, design, data science, and engineering talent can ensure all voices are heard and lead to superior products and features.
Design feedback anti-patterns and how to defeat them
In this article, learn how to give effective design feedback that is constructive, actionable, and kind. The article identifies common bad patterns in design feedback, including unclear objectives, lack of goals, absence of vulnerability and safety, unproductive feedback, and more. It also provides tips for building a story that is concise, accessible, and informative, and how to review design work effectively. As a designer, you can teach others how to read screens and offer feedback constructively, making the feedback process more valuable and meaningful for all.
How to give feedback on a design you know nothing about
In this article, I cover the risks of product designers critiquing shipped work without considering the context in which the product was developed. They argue that such analysis can be naive and arrogant, and offer tips for designers to engage with products in a more mature and thoughtful way.
The Agony and Ecstacy of Pair Design
Discover the benefits and challenges of design pairing in this insightful article. Learn how this experimental approach can help designers gain unprecedented insights into their process and themselves, and why it's important to use it properly. Explore the various ways pairing can improve the design process, from mentoring to skill transference, and how it can enhance user testing and synthesis.
Engaging multiple stakeholders with the dots and cards design critique
The dots and cards design critique is a meeting format that enables designers to engage multiple stakeholders in a project, particularly those who may have trouble agreeing with each other because they rarely meet together. Using dot stickers, index cards, sharpie markers, and printed designs, the stakeholders silently review the designs and provide feedback by putting dots on the areas they have questions or comments on and writing their thoughts on index cards. The format offers benefits, such as encouraging active participation, hot spotting problem areas, and engaging different learning styles, resulting in stakeholders taking ownership over the outcome of their feedback.