Considering 3 main antipersonas in your design process can prevent much misuse or other grief which would undermine the user experience after the product is released.
Whether UX succeeds or fails comes down to whether other people in the organization trust the UX team, the UX process, and the UX findings and designs. Low trust = poor outcomes, no matter how good the work, so building trust is a priority.
It can be tempting to follow the next big UX trend. Before adopting a UX trend, we must evaluate how the trend will support users and impact our workflows.
It can be hard to calculate the return on investment (ROI) for user experience design improvements. But don't get bogged down in less-important details: often simple metrics can give a good-enough estimate to justify UX investments.
After collecting KPI numbers for two versions of a design, the difference between the two metrics is not statistically significant. Now which version should you launch?
Demonstrating the value of design improvements and other UX work can be done by calculating the return-on-investment (ROI). Usually you compare before/after measures of relevant metrics, but sometimes you have to convert a user metrics into a business-oriented KPI (key performance indicator).
Nobody has enough user-research budget to test everything, so you must focus usability testing on those features that will matter the most for the user experience and have the most business impact. Here's a simple method to prioritize what to test.
The relationship between accessibility and usability and the best ways to convince companies to take both seriously were some of the audience questions answered by Jakob Nielsen at the Virtual UX Conference.
Collect UX metrics to show how well your design is performing over time or relative to competitors. If numbers are down, you know what needs improvement. If up, ROI data is a key management tool.
