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UX Design Process Best Practices
Minimizing UX Design Busywork
The days of documentation for the sake of deliverables are over.
That’s not to say that documentation is no longer relevant – quite the
opposite, it’s more important now than ever before. The main point
to keep in mind is that design documents should complement, not
supplement, the design process.
Photo “Taxes.” James Morris. Creative Commons.
Documentation must be actionable. It must have a purpose beyond
creating a paper trail. The best design documentation both enhances
the design process and communicates design thinking to others. If
Minimizing UX Design Busywork 8
a UX document accomplishes this, its benefit to the project will be
seen immediately. If not... then it’s just busywork.
In this chapter, we’ll give an overview of the design process and how
documentation can make it better, instead of just busier.
A Quick Overview of Design Thinking
Design thinking is a strategy that uses the traditional tactics of design
to solve problems. It accomplishes its goals from the inside-out, instead
of trying to break in from the outside. As Tim Brown, the CEO
of IDEO and stark promoter of design thinking, explains
Design thinking can be described as a discipline that uses the
designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with
what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy
can convert into customer value and market opportunity.”
In essence, design thinking adheres the classic business adage, “build
the right thing, and build the thing right.” This means, first off, making
sure you’re designing a product that people want, and then making
sure you design it in such a way that people like it. Notice that both
of these goals revolve around the end user.
In design thinking, the product is designed around what the users
want and need.
The days of documentation for the sake of deliverables are over.
That’s not to say that documentation is no longer relevant – quite the
opposite, it’s more important now than ever before. The main point
to keep in mind is that design documents should complement, not
supplement, the design process.
Photo “Taxes.” James Morris. Creative Commons.
Documentation must be actionable. It must have a purpose beyond
creating a paper trail. The best design documentation both enhances
the design process and communicates design thinking to others. If
Minimizing UX Design Busywork 8
a UX document accomplishes this, its benefit to the project will be
seen immediately. If not... then it’s just busywork.
In this chapter, we’ll give an overview of the design process and how
documentation can make it better, instead of just busier.
A Quick Overview of Design Thinking
Design thinking is a strategy that uses the traditional tactics of design
to solve problems. It accomplishes its goals from the inside-out, instead
of trying to break in from the outside. As Tim Brown, the CEO
of IDEO and stark promoter of design thinking, explains
Design thinking can be described as a discipline that uses the
designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with
what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy
can convert into customer value and market opportunity.”
In essence, design thinking adheres the classic business adage, “build
the right thing, and build the thing right.” This means, first off, making
sure you’re designing a product that people want, and then making
sure you design it in such a way that people like it. Notice that both
of these goals revolve around the end user.
In design thinking, the product is designed around what the users
want and need.
88 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2016
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