Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

What Raising 3 Kids Taught Me About Working wit...

Avatar for derek-b derek-b
October 12, 2023
Technology
0
61

What Raising 3 Kids Taught Me About Working with Users

Avatar for derek-b

derek-b

October 12, 2023
Tweet

More Decks by derek-b

See All by derek-b
Pardon the disruption: a user-first approach to software design
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
88
Teaching Through Code Review
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
110
Add Location-Based Searching to Your Site with Elasticsearch
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
48
Add Location-based Searching to Your PHP App with Elasticsearch
Avatar for derek-b derekb
1
360
Map, Filter, and Reduce in PHP
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
830
You Version Your Code, Why Not Your Database?
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
67
Taming Your Data with Elasticsearch - PHP Benelux
Avatar for derek-b derekb
1
480
What Raising 3 Kids Taught Me About Working With Users
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
410
Taming Your Data With Elasticsearch - PHP[world]
Avatar for derek-b derekb
0
350

Other Decks in Technology

See All in Technology
202512_AIoT.pdf
Avatar for AIxIoTビジネス共創ラボ iotcomjpadmin
0
180
Introduction to Sansan Meishi Maker Development Engineer
Avatar for Sansan, Inc. sansan33
PRO
0
330
業務の煩悩を祓うAI活用術108選 / AI 108 Usages
Avatar for 株式会社スマートバンク smartbank
9
19k
Sansan Engineering Unit 紹介資料
Avatar for Sansan, Inc. sansan33
PRO
1
3.6k
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure：2025年12月度サービス・アップデート
Avatar for oracle4engineer oracle4engineer
PRO
0
190
プロンプトエンジニアリングを超えて：自由と統制のあいだでつくる Platform × Context Engineering
Avatar for yuriemori yuriemori
0
160
Bedrock AgentCore Evaluationsで学ぶLLM as a judge入門
Avatar for ShichijoYuhi shichijoyuhi
2
320
AI との良い付き合い方を僕らは誰も知らない (WSS 2026 静岡版)
Avatar for Asei Sugiyama asei
1
230
Data Hubグループ 紹介資料
Avatar for Sansan, Inc. sansan33
PRO
0
2.5k
「リリースファースト」の実感を届けるには 〜停滞するチームに変化を起こすアプローチ〜 #RSGT2026
Avatar for KintoTech_Dev kintotechdev
0
580
形式手法特論：コンパイラの「正しさ」は証明できるか？ #burikaigi / BuriKaigi 2026
Avatar for y_taka_23 ytaka23
15
4.1k
Next.js 16の新機能 Cache Components について
Avatar for sutetotanuki sutetotanuki
0
210

Featured

See All Featured
How to Get Subject Matter Experts Bought In and Actively Contributing to SEO & PR Initiatives.
Avatar for Liv Day livdayseo
0
41
Organizational Design Perspectives: An Ontology of Organizational Design Elements
Avatar for Dr. Kim W Petersen kimpetersen
PRO
0
51
"I'm Feeling Lucky" - Building Great Search Experiences for Today's Users (#IAC19)
Avatar for Dan Newman danielanewman
231
22k
The Pragmatic Product Professional
Avatar for Laura Van Doore lauravandoore
37
7.1k
DevOps and Value Stream Thinking: Enabling flow, efficiency and business value
Avatar for Helen Beal helenjbeal
1
76
The Director’s Chair: Orchestrating AI for Truly Effective Learning
Avatar for Mike Taylor tmiket
1
74
Git: the NoSQL Database
Avatar for Brandon Keepers bkeepers
PRO
432
66k
Design of three-dimensional binary manipulators for pick-and-place task avoiding obstacles (IECON2024)
Avatar for konakalab konakalab
0
330
Understanding Cognitive Biases in Performance Measurement
Avatar for Philip Tellis bluesmoon
32
2.8k
Collaborative Software Design: How to facilitate domain modelling decisions
Avatar for Kenny Baas-Schwegler baasie
0
110
Max Prin - Stacking Signals: How International SEO Comes Together (And Falls Apart)
Avatar for Tech SEO Connect techseoconnect
PRO
0
59
Speed Design
Avatar for Sergey Chernyshev sergeychernyshev
33
1.5k

Transcript

  1. @[email protected] What Raising 3 Kids Taught Me About Working With

    Users
  2. None

  3. @[email protected] 17yo, 9yo, 14yo

  4. @[email protected] What Users? • Project Stakeholders • Target Audience of

    Business • Company Employees • Clients and Their Customers

  5. @[email protected] Where are we going? Actual Destination v Perceived Destination

  6. @[email protected] Focus on Progress • Product Backlog • Sprint Planning

    / Review • Kanban / Scrum Board • Product Roadmap • Milestones

  7. @[email protected]

  8. @[email protected] Keep it Simple

  9. @[email protected]

  10. @[email protected] Directioners Boy Bands

  11. @[email protected] • KatyCats • Mixers • Little Monsters • Swifties

    • Beliebers • Bee Hive

  12. @[email protected] • KatyCats - Katy Perry • Mixers - Little

    Mix • Little Monsters - Lady Gaga • Swifties - Taylor Swift • Beliebers - Justin Bieber • Bee Hive - Beyoncé

  13. @[email protected] American Stats • 38% with college degree • 22%

    speak non-English language at home • 91% own a car • 27% Never travelled outside US • 68% Live where they grew up

  14. @[email protected] –Project Stakeholder “I want to clarify what I was

    trying to explain at today’s meeting. Since I don’t have a technology background, the words often don’t make it to my mouth in one piece under pressure.”

  15. @[email protected] Technology Can Intimidate and Exclude

  16. @[email protected] Communication • Understandable Terms (Glossary) • Reason For Changes

    • How To Use Communication Needs • Requirements • Usability • Successful Product Launch • Understand the Whys

  17. @[email protected] Going to College

  18. @[email protected] • Develop Trust • Customer Con fi dence •

    Gentle Guidance • Gami fi cation • In App Prompts

  19. @[email protected] hings Change Quickly

  20. @[email protected] –Sammy, age 7 “I don’t like it when things

    change.”

  21. @[email protected] Things Change Quickly • Don’t underestimate the e ff

    ect of change on your users • Help users understand the value of change
  22. None

  23. @[email protected] Expect the Unexpected • User Acceptance Testing • User

    Pro fi le • Real-Time Tracking Tools

  24. @[email protected] uction

  25. @[email protected] User Involvement • Achievable Tasks for Users • Working

    Together for a Shared Goal

  26. @[email protected]

  27. @[email protected]

  28. @[email protected]

  29. @[email protected] About Me • Engineering Manager at (localizejs.com) • http://derekb-wi.com/

    • [email protected]

  30. @[email protected] Resources • https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/guide- user-testing/ • https://www.fullstory.com • https://go.pendo.io •

    https://uxplanet.org/gami fi cation-in-ux-increasing-user- engagement-6437cbf702aa • https://haen fl er.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultural-theory-and- theorists/fandom-and-participatory-culture/