The Future of User Experience Lies in Your Hands
Transcript of The Future of User Experience Lies in Your Hands
The future of user experience lies in your hands
Paul Boag (@boagworld)
UX designers are lying to you.
What is user experience?
The intersection of disciplines
User interface design
Customer experience Product design
Developer
Copywriter
Marketer
User researcher
Meeting the needs of connected consumers
It is about self service
Designing for the gaps
You company needs to pay attention
It is expected
It generates repeat business
It differentiates
The consequences of not providing it.
It shapes your products
Great UX means overcoming resistance
Break down business silos
Reject project thinking
User experience is like a garden. It improves over time. Keep tending it regularly.
End business as usual
Ending the navel gazing
Educate management
“Why I can’t convince executives to invest in UX (and neither can you)”
http://boag.me/1FK9Gqg
The role of developers
Developers are a key component in creating a great user experience. Do not exclude them from the process.
Where to start
Understand the tools of the trade
Customer journey mapping
I am Donald Trump.I want to be president.So I can build a big wall.
Become the user champion
Designers stop here!
Go deeper
Plug the gaps between platforms
Think beyond the screen
Random aside
Focus on the users time
Time is one of todays most valued commodities. If you can save a user time you will be a hero. If you waste their time you will be dead to them.
Fight for a better product
Keep going deeper
Level 1: The user touchpoint
Level 2: Organisational structures
Level 3: Transforming culture
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