Design Triage

Post on 28-Jan-2015

182 views 4 download

Tags:

description

Many of us are racing to be first to market, or release something in time for a specific event. Running and gunning on the product design battlefield is a tremendous challenge because it takes time to design things that provide ~real value for people and fit into a brand’s ecosystem in a meaningful way. How can you create things that provide utility, joy, and value while you’re chasing a moving target on the battlefield of design? This talk will show you. Discover the essential art of design triage and explore techniques to provide solid user experience design (even when there’s no time), put mortally flawed projects out of their misery, and help deserving projects thrive. Design triage will help you shape things that serve people’s real needs and goals and give you tools to parachute into a fast moving situations so you can provide “nick of time” design that makes what your building truly helpful and delightful.

Transcript of Design Triage

1Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

ANGEL ANDERSONEXPERIENCE DIRECTOR, CP+B@ANGEL #UXTRIAGE

THE BATTLEFIELD ART OFDESIGN TRIAGE

2Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

3,000

Number of advertisement messages the average American is exposed to

daily.

3Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Amount global corporations spend each year to make their product

seem desirable and to get us to buy them.

$620

billion

4Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Know what you have in common with agencies?

The fight to succeed on the product design battlefield.

5Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

We’re launching!

Faster! Faster!

6Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Agencies feel your pain. For our clients we engage in constant battles, on multiple fronts, to deliver work that goes beyond ads to create products, tools, and communities that truly connect people to brands.

7Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

We work across all touch points and there’s no rest period so we’ve become masters of triage.

8Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

What Is Triage?

9Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Triage From the French Trier, to sort

Produce Sorting

Battlefield Medics

Mass Casualty

Situations

10Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Necessity is themother of invention. War provides many necessities.

11Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

X-Ray

Blood Transfusion

Anesthesia

Wartime medical innovations

12Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

The design battlefield creates a similar “crucible of combat” that provides the focus & impetus for major advancements in craft, methodology,and design itself.

13Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Design Triage

1. Prioritization

2. Selflessness

3. Mercy Killings

4. Scrappiness

5. Staying

human

14Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Prioritization1

15Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage @slinkachu

16Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Triage TagsCasualties are sorted and tagged based on immediate needs and probability of survival.

EXPECTANT

IMMEDIATE

MINOR DELAYED

17Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

EXPECTANT

IMMEDIATE

MINORDELAYED

18Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

MINORThe walking wounded. Small burns, lacerations, minor fractures.

For us, these are low-impact projects that wont be significantly affected whether you help them or not.

19Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Creating Banner AdsMinor if others are capable.

20Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Forms & Error messagesSmall but NOT Minor if impact is high.

21Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Projects in this group should be addressed, but don’t require you to drop everything.

DELAYEDSurgery may be needed but condition permits delay without risk to life & limb.

22Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

We have to wait until the

next fiscal period.

The client needs to sign

the SOW.

We’re getting analytics next

week.

We need a proof of

concept first.

Reasons for delay

23Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

IMMEDIATECasualties that require immediate LSI and/or surgery or they will die.

This are the projects that will have significant impact. These really matter and without your help, they will not make it.

24Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

EXPECTANTCasualties that are mortally wounded. Death is almost certain.

Critically flawed projects. These are projects that no amount of time and effort can save.

25Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

When you work at the intersection of creativity and innovation, some of the projects that cross your path will be too convoluted to succeed.

26Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

It’s kinda morbid. If you had time to save them all, you would but instead, you and your team must evaluate what will have the most impact.

27Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Focus.You must withdraw your attention from the other categories so you can make a difference here.

28Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Selflessness2

29Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

On a battlefield, the surgeon isn’t swooping in to be the star. The soldier, or in our case the project is the star.

30Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Resist the urge to hunker down in your fox hole and “thin-slice” a solution.

31Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Thin-SlicingCan help us make snap decisions.

BUT it’s easily corrupted by our unconscious prejudices and stereotypes.

32Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

DON’T WIRE BLOW:When you blow past asking the right questions and go right into drawing the pictures of potential design solutions.

-Abby Covert

33Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

MALKOVICH BIASThe tendency to believe everyone uses technology like you do.

-Andrew Glusman

34Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

UX

PM

DevAccount

ECD

1. Leads digital strategy and planning

2. Collaborates in all phases

3. Responsible for the vision, quality and performance of the work.

CORE TEAM

Creative

35Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Collaborative ProcessTHINK

ResearchIdeationVisionModels

CHECKTestingAnalyticsKPI

MAKEPrototypesWireframesCompsCode

36Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Mercy Killings

3

37Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage @slinkachu

38Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Project euthanasia is a vital skill.

39Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Learn how to say no.

40Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Like this guy.

41Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things a week to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much...

It’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

- Steve JobsBusiness Week, Oct. 12, 2004

42Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

How to say NO (without getting fired)

Healthy Org

1. Tell the truth

2. Ask

questions

3. Tell stories

43Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

How to say NO (without getting fired)

Healthy Org

1. Tell the truth

2. Ask

questions

3. Tell stories

Not-So-Healthy 1. Reflect

Conflict

2. Poison Pill

3. Quit

44Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Scrappiness4

45Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage @slinkachu

46Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Channel MacGyver.Make awesome happen with what’s on hand.

47Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

We can only afford time and budget for wireframes.

- Almost every company at some misguided moment in their history

48Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

We can only afford time and budget for wireframes.

- Almost every company at some misguided moment in their history

[ BULLSHIT ]

49Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

User insight has never been more fast, easy, and affordable.

50Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Determine the vision1. What is it?

2. Who is it for and what’s their

payoff?

3. Why are we creating it?

4. How does it work?

5. What are the risks?

6. How can we make it successful?

7. Are there other questions?

51Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Create an environment where good UX can happen.

52Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Lean UX? Kanban?

53Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

fast

slow

hig

hlo

w

SPEED

FID

ELIT

Y

Paper Prototype

s

Clickable PDFs

PowerPoint

Keynote

54Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Don’t worship at the altar of deliverables. The product is your real deliverable.

55Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Tools for making UX storytelling videos & photos are in your pocket.

56Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Staying Human

5

57Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage @slinkachu

58Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

59Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Find flow in the chaos.

60Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Use your lulls.When things quiet down, give attention to the Delayed and Minor projects.

EXPECTANT

IMMEDIATE

MINOR DELAYED

61Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Stay Inspired.Take steps to re-ignite your passion and stay excited about what you’re doing.

62Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Design Triage

1. Prioritization

2. Selflessness

3. Mercy Killings

4. Scrappiness

5. Staying

human

63Tweet about this @angel #UXtriage

Thank You.@angel