UX and product management have broadly the same goals – to understand users’ needs, to create excellent experiences that solve those needs and to keep innovating products, with these aims in mind. Product managers make up a sizeable proportion of…
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Persuade your boss to buy into UX
You’re all in favour of UX but your boss or colleagues aren’t convinced that it’s worth investing in. How can you persuade them that UX design is the better way? Tricia Okin, New York-based product and user experience designer, shares…
Want to have better meetings? Design them.
Meetings take up an increasingly large part of our working week with a lot of time and effort being poured into them. But they often end up being inefficient, create more work (not less) and don’t solve the problems that…
User research – what’s tomato ketchup got to do with it?
The iconic glass Heinz ketchup bottle was once a staple in family kitchens around the world. Thump, thump…and perhaps one last thump and the red sauce spurted out onto fries, burgers or whatever else was sitting on the dinner plate.…
How to get a job in UX: Tips from Intercom’s Des Traynor
People often ask us how they can start a career in UX. If they don’t have opportunities to practise UX in their current role, making the switch can seem difficult. Just where do you start? Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom,…
How to find users for a usability test
Of all the tools in the UX tool kit, usability testing is one of the most prevalent and, arguably, the most powerful. It’s hard to imagine any meaningful design project taking place without it. But, surprisingly, many companies still don’t…
Why UX is a must-have, not a nice-to-have
If you’ve worked on design-led projects, you probably know the benefits of UX already. But what if you’re working in a business that has yet to embrace UX? Is your management sceptical that it’s worth the time/effort/money? They may think…
How to convince your boss to invest in UX
You’re a believer in UX. But your boss, your organisation, your colleagues are not. How do you convince them that there is a better way?