Requirements and Specifications

Closing the Knowledge Gap with Intuitive Flat Designs

Business Value and ROI, Design, Design Theory, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, New and Emerging Technologies, Requirements and Specifications, Strategy, Technology, Usability, User Adoption, Visual Design

For users to see flat designs as intuitive, designers need to help them cross the knowledge gap by using familiar representations.

Article by Jeremiah Still, Mary Still, Jarad Bell

August 27, 2014

6 min read

Avoiding Featuritis in the Connected Car Gold Rush

Apple, Automotive, Business UX Leaders, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Flow and Immersion, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Microsoft, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Project Management, Requirements and Specifications, Tablet, Technology, Usability, Vendor-Client Relationships

For connected cars to truly connect with users OEM’s need to figure out what’s really important to drivers and make their information systems simple to use.

Article by Doug Hopkins

August 19, 2014

8 min read

Persona Power

Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Design Tools and Software, Empathy, Ethnography, Human factors, Interaction Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Personal and Professional Development, Personas, Product design, Project Management, Psychology and Human Behavior, Requirements and Specifications, Research Tools and Software, Team Dynamics, Technology, Usability

Looking at personas, goals, and scenarios relative to the characters, plot, and objectives of a novel or movie can help designers avoid self-referential thinking.

Article by Shlomo Goltz

July 23, 2014

5 min read

Persona Grata

Business Value and ROI, Customer Experience, Design, Design Tools and Software, Emotion, Empathy, Human factors, Interaction Design, Marketing and Brand, Personal and Professional Development, Personas, Product design, Project Management, Requirements and Specifications, Research Methods and Techniques, Strategy, Technology, Usability, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders

A divisive tool among practitioners, personas can bring the perspective of your end users into the design process and help build consensus among stakeholders.

Article by Shlomo Goltz

July 2, 2014

6 min read

Interactions that Change the Way Customers Make Choices

Content and Copy, Customer Experience, Design, Design for Experience Awards, Development, Facebook, Flow and Immersion, Gaming, Gestures, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Project Management, Requirements and Specifications, Technology, Usability

A closer look at the results in the Interaction Design Innovation category of the international Design for Experience awards.

Article by UX Magazine Staff

June 27, 2014

4 min read

Crossing the Great UX–Agile Divide

Agile and Iterative Process, Business Value and ROI, Design, Design Theory, Development, Employee Experience, Employment and Hiring, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Marketing and Brand, Personal and Professional Development, Project Management, Prototypes, Psychology and Human Behavior, Requirements and Specifications, Research Methods and Techniques, Team Dynamics, Technology, Usability, Visual Design

Understanding the labor issues at the core of the agile manifesto can help experience designers find news ways of working to enlighten developers.

Article by Mike Bulajewski

June 23, 2014

13 min read

Requirements and Specifications

Closing the Knowledge Gap with Intuitive Flat Designs