Found this interesting post describing a successful approach to rapidly designing multiple concepts within a short time period, at Autodesk: http://dux.typepad.com/dux/2009/06/speed-racer-collaborative-sketching-saves-the-day.html I’ve encountered this scenario a few times in my career thus far, most recently at Netflix (we actually just had ONE week!) and last year at Cisco (also just a couple weeks) with an […]

Found another thought-provoking post on the Autodesk UX blog, this time about the core values that actions that shape a positive, successful, effective design practice: http://dux.typepad.com/dux/2009/07/values-in-software-design-practice-.html Basically there are two lists: one of right actions and one of relative values. Right Actions: * Setting Goals before Taking Action * Understand Problems before Generating Solutions * […]

Set of basic foundational questions to help a UI designer (or user researcher) get up to speed on a project, focused on understanding the core functionality, primary user goals/tasks, and targeted scenarios of use. These questions are meant as a good baseline starting point, and are not comprehensive nor exhaustive! USER SCENARIOS: A summary of […]

Set of basic foundational questions to help a UI designer (or user researcher) get up to speed on a project, focused on understanding the core functionality, primary user goals/tasks, and targeted scenarios of use. These questions are meant as a good baseline starting point, and are not comprehensive nor exhaustive! USER PROFILE: A quick sketch […]

Set of basic foundational questions to help a UI designer (or user researcher) get up to speed on a project, focused on understanding the core functionality, primary user goals/tasks, and targeted scenarios of use. These questions are meant as a good baseline starting point, and are not comprehensive nor exhaustive! FUNCTIONALITY: What does this product […]