Comments on: User Experience Design doesn’t need to be a big deal http://www.meld.com.au/2009/01/user-experience-design-doesnt-need-to-be-a-big-deal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:53 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Baty http://www.meld.com.au/2009/01/user-experience-design-doesnt-need-to-be-a-big-deal/comment-page-1#comment-14 Steve Baty Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:56:33 +0000 http://www.meld.com.au/?p=32#comment-14 Dan: that's why I think you need to be keyed into delivering value right off the bat. What are you going to do on your first day; first week; etc to make the product/service/site/app better? Deliver first; ask for changes second. Austin: thanks for both comments. Changing culture, process, systems etc is much, much harder and often more removed from the UX team. But! given the opportunity - and if you look around you'll see this in the more successful companies - we should be thinking about the whole-of-company mind-set vis a vis user experience. Dan: that’s why I think you need to be keyed into delivering value right off the bat. What are you going to do on your first day; first week; etc to make the product/service/site/app better?

Deliver first; ask for changes second.

Austin: thanks for both comments.

Changing culture, process, systems etc is much, much harder and often more removed from the UX team. But! given the opportunity – and if you look around you’ll see this in the more successful companies – we should be thinking about the whole-of-company mind-set vis a vis user experience.

]]> By: Austin http://www.meld.com.au/2009/01/user-experience-design-doesnt-need-to-be-a-big-deal/comment-page-1#comment-13 Austin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:18:48 +0000 http://www.meld.com.au/?p=32#comment-13 I really believe that our real job is to design the organization that designs products; to infuse the entire organization with UX. I think a good way to do this is with design stories that carry little mind bombs and spread good thinking. I really believe that our real job is to design the organization that designs products; to infuse the entire organization with UX.

I think a good way to do this is with design stories that carry little mind bombs and spread good thinking.

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.meld.com.au/2009/01/user-experience-design-doesnt-need-to-be-a-big-deal/comment-page-1#comment-12 Daniel Szuc Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:15 +0000 http://www.meld.com.au/?p=32#comment-12 Great post. Are companies receptive to UX?, what is the culture of the company and team you are working with? and what are they being measured on? My guess is if the company is not customer centric and the culture/project does not reward UX thinking ... you have almost no chance of succeeding - big or small. Interesting to see how much UX is absorbed in this demo of the new Palm - the passion really comes through - http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/palm-pre-ces.html Great post. Are companies receptive to UX?, what is the culture of the company and team you are working with? and what are they being measured on?

My guess is if the company is not customer centric and the culture/project does not reward UX thinking … you have almost no chance of succeeding – big or small.

Interesting to see how much UX is absorbed in this demo of the new Palm – the passion really comes through – http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/palm-pre-ces.html

]]> By: Austin http://www.meld.com.au/2009/01/user-experience-design-doesnt-need-to-be-a-big-deal/comment-page-1#comment-2 Austin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:36:05 +0000 http://www.meld.com.au/?p=32#comment-2 Awesome. I wholeheartedly agree. Get everyone to think the right way and just do something—anything—and the UX just flows smooth like buttah. Awesome. I wholeheartedly agree. Get everyone to think the right way and just do something—anything—and the UX just flows smooth like buttah.

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