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UXINDIA17 - Our new job as designers: teaching everyone to design

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November 20, 2017

UXINDIA17 - Our new job as designers: teaching everyone to design

Our new job as designers: teaching everyone to design

uxindia

November 20, 2017
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  1. Teaching everyone to design How can we, as designers, empower

    the rest of our team to participate in the UX design process? [email protected]
  2. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design Learning design

    skills = Becoming a full time designer
  3. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design 01: Create

    a psychologically safe environment 02: Share skills and source files 03: Schedule “office hour” consultations 04: Share ownership of design tasks with actual impact 05: Agree on a decision-making framework How we did it:
  4. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design Who Why

    How Create a psychologically safe environment Who Grow mutual trust and respect Product managers Engineers • Team bonding • Myers-Brigg • Peer-to-peer bonus system How Leadership UX-ers
  5. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design “I don’t

    have any design skills” Challenge 2:
  6. Share skills and source files Who Why How Introduce a

    more effective way to communicate and collaborate Product managers • Facilitate a design sprint • Teach a class or workshop • Maintain a design repository Engineers UX-ers
  7. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design Not enough

    UX-ers for all of the UX work Challenge 3:
  8. Schedule office hours Who Why How Ensure design is always

    accessible Product managers • Create a recurring calendar invite • Reserve an informal environment • Work through if not needed Engineers UX-ers
  9. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design Everyone should

    feel like a product owner Challenge 4:
  10. Share ownership of design tasks with actual impact Who Why

    How Gradually gain stakeholder approval Product managers Engineers • Assume good intentions • Split or delegate work • Hold in-progress reviews • Communicate + take notes UX-ers
  11. Agree on a decision-making framework Who Why How Eliminate ambiguity

    and blockages Product managers Engineers • Determine product/design principles • Agree on who makes the decision and when • Dont be afraid to escalate Leadership UX-ers
  12. UX India 2017 | Teaching everyone to design 01: Create

    a psychologically safe environment 02: Share skills and source files 03: Schedule “office hour” consultations 04: Share ownership of design tasks with actual impact 05: Agree on a decision-making framework Recap: