Wil Grace - UX Hack Club CDF - January 2015

The keynote presentation from the first Nudjed UX Hack Club, 28th January 2015.

Transcript

1. Hi! I’m Wil
2. Producer • Facilitator • Client relationship • Team leadership • Project ownership • Admin :( (Before Cardiff) IA/UX/IXD • Maker • User research • Concepts & UI • Prototyping • Specification :( BC
3. (After Cardiff) AC Product Manager • Facilitator • Selling the product • Managing remote freelancers • Product ownership • Testing :( UX/VD/Front-ender • Maker • Customer support • Wireframe & Design • Prototype > Build • Iteration :)
4. PROCESS
5. Pitch Research Concept Execute Test Deliver The Agency lifecycle
6. Start Research Concept Execute Build Test The Startup lifecycle Iterate
7. Envision Research Concept Execute Execute 2 Startups
8. Starting Bitchin’ Pitchin’
9. • Hospitality Software • Scattered Tools • Staff Training • Business Visibility wtf THE PROBLEM
10. • Young Punks! • Aggregation • Checklists • Reports & Alerts ? The Solution THE SOLUTION yolo
12. Research ‘Users’ & ‘Real People’ & whatnot
13. • Demographic • Technology • Daily Routine • Pain Points USER INTERVIEWS
14. PERSONAS/STEREOTYPES
15. A DAY IN THE LIFE
16. USER/JOB STORIES
17. WAR ROOM
18. Concept The fun bit
19. TIMELINE
20. PRIORITY
21. CARDS
22. NOTIFICATIONS
23. What does the product do? Why What’s the benefit? How The differentiator MISSION 3x3 method
24. SKETCH!
25. Execution Oh god
26. • Wireframe kits • Respect the grid • Solve the detail as you go • Communicate to Devs • User testing WIREFRAME
28. DESIGN • Scour the web • Artboards • UI Kits • Popular fonts & Palettes • Iterate • Get help
29. Validate Prototype prototype prototype
30. PROTOTYPE • User Journeys • Tone & Feel • Real World USING • Invision/Marvel • Keynote/Framer.js • Foundation/Bootstrap
31. Work in the browser
32. USER TESTING
33. Remote testing
34. Build & Iterate Launch is just the beginning
35. Sprint Planning Roadmap
36. Make friends with Devs
37. Sweating the detail
39. Build Test Iterate Test
40. • Write a plan and stick to it • Experiment with tools • Make don’t document • Test test test PROCESS
41. Advices HEED MY WORDS
42. CLAIM OWNERSHIP
43. COLLECT COOL SHIT
44. Try not to suck at design
45. LEARN TO CODE
46. SET THE TONE FROM THE START
48. HAVE FUN
51. wilgrace.com trailsuite.com @wilgrace