Use a simple equation or an absolute-number approach to decide how many dots to allocate in dot-voting activities. In most cases, 3-6 dots is appropriate.
Learn how UX practitioners can lead in Design Sprints, especially with mapping, sketching, prototyping, and user research to enhance collaborative problem-solving.
Scale discovery activities in agile projects; don't skip them. Five tips for ensuring the continuation of discovery research, regardless of the length of your sprints.
The empathy-mapping process helps distill and categorize knowledge of the user into one place, while the artifact serves as quick, digestible way to illustrate user attitudes and behaviors.
Team up with product partners more effectively by making research accessible, framing the context and value of analytics, and establishing a regular communication cadence.
Empathy maps can be used to plan for future research studies, capture insights during current user research, and communicate research insights from research that has already been conducted.
Element, functionality, and content are three types of prototype specifications that help us document design details that are otherwise easily overlooked.
A UX research roadmap is a living artifact that prioritizes and communicates a team’s future research efforts, from early discovery-based initiatives to later-stage usability testing.
UX designers and engineering teams are often too quick to propose solutions, without understanding the problem (or even if there is a problem at all). Ask questions first, before jumping to a solution.
The 6 stages of the design thinking process can be supported by a very wide range of UX methods and activities. Don't limit yourself to the most commonly mentioned methods.
Define objectives and measurable key results to guide and track UX work. Use OKRs as a tool to align your team, provide focus, and a tangible way to monitor progress.
Teams often fall into the trap of focusing on outputs (features, deliverables, and artifacts). Instead, a mindset shift of working toward purposeful outcomes (problems solved, needs addressed, and real benefits) leads to better results.
