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TAMING THE BEAST: STRATEGIC UX FOR LARGE DRUPAL PROJECTSDani Nordin, the zen kitchen
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Dani Nordin• UX designer, writer
and teacher• Specialize in UX and
Interaction Design for Drupal teams
• Founder, the zen kitchen
• Author, Drupal for Designers series
• Mother of this adorable little diva to my right ->
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UX DESIGN IS DIFFERENT WHEN BUILDING LARGER SITES
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Smaller Project UX• Fairly predictable• Can do in small teams or solo• Easy to see patterns in functionality/content• Blog• News Page• Events, etc.
• Often dealing with 1-3 stakeholders• Sites are often promotional, with limited functionality
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Larger project UX• Generally unpredictable—or predictable in really
annoying ways• Team dynamics are important, but messy• Patterns constantly shift• Decisionmakers, stakeholders and client contacts
constantly shift• Sites involve increasingly complex functionality and
content
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MAKING IT WORK
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HAVE A VISION AND A PROCESS.
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DISCOVERY IS EVERYTHING.
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SKETCH. OFTEN.
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PROTOTYPE OUTSIDE OF DRUPAL.(WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS).
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CONTENT STRATEGY: NO, REALLY, IT’S A THING.
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CONTENT CREATORS ARE USERS, TOO.
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AND THEN…
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THERE WILL BE BAD DAYS.
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THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NEW STAKEHOLDER.
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PICK YOUR BATTLES.
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KEY DELIVERABLES
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PROTOTYPES
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DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOPS
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SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS
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ARCHITECTURE DOCUMENTS
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ROUTINE SANITY CHECKS
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YOU AREN’T CURING CANCER, YOU’RE BUILDING A WEBSITE.