Being a UX team of one: Understanding your strengths and weaknesses

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THE UX WARS

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Small UX teams have unique challenges. Knowing how to deal with having fewer resources and possibly feeling creative isolation, or worse organizational ignorance and/or hostility. This presentation will explore some real life team situations that small teams and solo UX practitioners work in, and show what you can do about them. The goal of this talk is to arm every attendee with a few successful strategies and methods to help positively shape their company culture so you won't be a UX-er of one anymore.

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THE UX WARS

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VINCENT BASKERVILLE | VP of PRODUCT

BEING A UX TEAM OF ONEUnderstanding your strengths

and weaknesses

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HOO RAH!

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WHOA... RELAX, NO NEED GETTING ALL

WORKED UP

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THE PERFECT JOB

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SUDDEN RANDOM PUSHBACK

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AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE

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WTFHAPPENED??

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I FAILED

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- SOMEONE

“THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING PEOPLE TO ADAPT, AGREE TO

YOUR IDEA ACTUALLY MAKING IT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION”

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STRENGTHS

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YOUR KNOWLEDGE

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YOUR WORK-ETHIC

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YOUR FREEDOM

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THEIRSYMPATHY

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- DAVID OGILVY

“PEOPLE WHO IGNORE RESEARCH ARE AS DANGEROUS AS

GENERALS WHO IGNORE DECODES OF ENEMY SIGNALS”

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WEAKNESSES

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POORFOUNDATION

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FAILEDTACTICS

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FORCINGTHE *MAGIC*

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DELIVERABLES DELIVERABLES

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- JAKOB NIELSEN

“PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT USERS DO, NOT WHAT THEY SAY. SELF-

REPORTED CLAIMS ARE UNRELIABLE”

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FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS

Step outside your box +Lunch & Learn +

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MEASURE & EVALUATE AGAINST KPI’S

Heuristic Evaluations +Quantitative UX Data +

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GORILLA STYLE RESEARCH & USABILITY TESTING

Friends & Family +Build Prototypes +

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ALIGN WITH STRATEGIC COMPANY GOALS

Create Case Studies +Survey key internal +

influencers D

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- MILTON GLASER

“TO DESIGN IS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY BY WHATEVER MEANS YOU

CAN CONTROL OR MASTER”

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