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troubalex DEVELOPERS, LEARN Alexandra Leisse DESIGN

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troubalex LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE

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troubalex APPRECIATING THE WORK WE ALL DO

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troubalex ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

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troubalex KNOWING WHERE NOT TO WING IT

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troubalex “Developers are just !”

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troubalex COLLABORATION NEEDS SHARED SKILLS

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troubalex SHARED VOCABULARY

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troubalex SHARED UNDERSTANDING

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troubalex Katie Kovalcin on A List Apart “[The developers] began to understand the thought process behind our design decisions, and everyone could holistically understand the system we all were building together.”

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troubalex BETTER QUALITY IN LESS TIME

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troubalex Jeff Gotthelf in Lean UX “Get out of the deliverables business.”

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troubalex SOLVE PROBLEMS TOGETHER

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troubalex YOU ARE ALREADY DESIGNING

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troubalex “The truth is that, as a developer delves into building a project, they will have to make decisions that affect and refine the design. Designers rarely have the time to consider all nuances of a website. The rest fall to the developer.” Paul Boag on Smashing Magazine

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troubalex MAKE INFORMED DESIGN DECISIONS

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troubalex How To Make Sense Of Any Mess
 by Abby Covert

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troubalex Design For Hackers
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troubalex The Inmates Are Running The Asylum
 by Alan Cooper

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troubalex About Face
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troubalex The Elements Of Content Strategy
 by Erin Kissane

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troubalex Google Design

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troubalex Facebook Design

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troubalex Boxes And Arrows

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troubalex A List Apart

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troubalex Smashing Magazine

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troubalex Intercom Blog

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troubalex LEARN ON THE JOB • Ask your designers to explain the decisions they’re making • Ask to be included already in early design discussions to learn • Ask to be invited to usability tests • Be aware of the decisions you’re making and the impact they have • Dissect interfaces of applications you’re using

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troubalex QUESTIONS? @troubalex Psssssst… I’m hiring design interns.

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troubalex THANK YOU That’s all folks!

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Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business 
 by Jeff Gothelf
 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/lean-ux-getting-out-of-the-deliverables-business/ Why You Should Include Your Developer In The Design Process 
 by Paul Boag
 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/11/why-you-should-include-your-developer-in-the-design-process/ 80/20 Practitioners Make Better Communicators 
 by Katie Kovalcin
 http://alistapart.com/article/80-20-practitioners-make-better-communicators On Design: Ilse Crawford 
 by Edward Housden for NOWNESS
 https://www.nowness.com/series/on-design/ilse-crawford The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1) 
 by Errol Morris for The New York Times
 https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/?_r=0 SOURCES