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Prioritizing Problems to Inform Product Design

  • Product design, Psychology and Human Behavior, Research Methods and Techniques, Team Dynamics

What if we shift the focus from solutions to problems? A view on UX research and why prioritizing problems pays off in the long run

Article by David Lick, Julia Barrett
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Prioritizing Problems to Inform Product Design
  • Focusing on solutions as you start UX research might lead to misunderstanding or overlooking user problems, which in turn, damages the whole design and development process.
  • To decrease the risk of poorly developed solutions and costly adjustments, it’s necessary to invest time and effort in discovering user problems and pain points, clearly distinguish them from users’ goals, and use diverse research methods.
  • Although focusing on pain points might seem more time-consuming initially, problems are more concrete, easier to uncover, and ultimately are the source for meaningful solutions.

Read the full article for perspective on how this shift from focusing on solutions to focusing on problems can be a powerful tool as you begin UX research.

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App login design: Choosing the right user login option for your app

  • Accessibility, Customer Experience, Design, Form design, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Psychology and Human Behavior

When deciding on your app’s login method, choosing between security and user convenience is a balancing act. Here are best practice login options and their metrics.

Article by Joseph Russell
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App login design: Choosing the right user login option for your app

  • When deciding on your app’s login method, choosing between security and user convenience is somewhat of a balancing act. This article explores some options and the pros and cons of each.

  • There are 4 common options to consider when designing an app login screen: an email with password login and registration UX, social and third-party login UX, mobile login and registration UX, multi-factor login and registration UX.

    • Password login. Passwords are common but it can be hard for the user to remember all passwords. That is why security breaches could be caused by using password managers and using the same password for various apps/sites.
    • Social login and third-party login. Users are grateful for having one less password to memorize, and developers happy with high conversions and all the data they receive asses to. This method is mobile-friendly and free to use. But developers have to rely on the 3rd party security and expect to lose users who do not trust social media.
    • Mobile number login. The mobile number tends to be a much more unique identifier, and this method doesn’t require the user to remember passwords. On the other side, mobile numbers could change, and migrating accounts becomes complicated.
    • Multi-factor authentication (MFA). Its main strength is security. You can find temporary pins, third-party authenticator apps, retina, biometrics, or fingerprint, among MFA methods. Often, it requires a second device that can be stolen.

    Read the full article for a more in-depth breakdown of each login option.

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Case Study: Adding pandemic-friendly features to a friendship app

  • Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Product design, Prototypes, Psychology and Human Behavior, Usability

A UX Design Case Study on Bumble BFF and making friends during a pandemic

Article by MacKenzie Legg
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3 techniques to influence user behavior

  • Behavioral Science, Customer Experience, Design, Design Theory, Human factors, Interaction Design, Psychology and Human Behavior

Learn how to design to change a mind. This article covers 3 conditioning techniques designers use to influence behavior. Use with caution.

Article by Andrew Coyle
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Employee Journey Mapping

  • Employee Experience, Human factors, Onboarding, Psychology and Human Behavior, Wireframes

Employee JM allows to analyze all the touchpoints between the employee and the company, identify particular moments that matter, and transform them into the wow-moments.

Article by Dzhannet Kashurnikova
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Employee Journey Mapping
  • Human Resources Department turns to Employee Experience in many companies. There are reasons for it: employers should meet millennials’ expectations from work, employee experience is directly connected to that of the client, there is a correlation between employee involvement and efficiency, employee innovation potential can be unleashed by implementing an employee experience approach.
  • 7 STEPS TOWARDS EFFICIENT EJM
    1. Identify your focus. CJM can be used in a particular area of interest within the HR framework or the whole trajectory of an employee in the company, including the employee’s “transition points” from one status to another.
    1. Identify your research audience and make a map of respondents. First, identify 2 types of respondents: stakeholders and users. Users can also be split into 2 categories: ideal user and extreme user.
    1. Make the interview-guide. Make your interview sound more like a conversation and do not turn it into an interrogation. Keep track of the purposes of the study and focuses of attention, but remember, that the questions do not necessarily have to appear in the predefined order.
    1. Conduct the interview. Dos: ask open questions, try to find the underlying cause, turn to the real experience of the person. Don’ts: merge several questions in one, ask hypothetical or projective questions, avoid pauses.
    1. Adapt the EJM template to your needs. Remember the four key components to your penalized EJM: actions performed by the person, the time required for action, the emotional response of the person, the person’s quotes.
    1. Analyze the results that you get. Things to pay attention to when working with the map: user experience gaps, time to take the steps, negative/positive remarks, and the emotional condition of the person.
    1. Regularly update EJM. It is a dynamic tool that will allow you to ‘feel your user’.
  • EJM Tools. Pen and paper for quick jobs and notes. Excel (google spreadsheet) for teamwork, data processing, and analytics. Miro to visualize the map or present the results to the team.
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