lean ux for startups and enterprise: ten secrets to success
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We have consulted with startups and large enterprises seeking to produce the right product (e.g., mobile app, web application) faster. We will reveal the remarkable similarities between startups and large organizations seeking to be as nimble as startups. In a majority of cases the challenges were the same: - they were not sure how to speed development - they had difficulty balancing user and business needs - they typically had strong development teams with established methodologies that had blended agile and waterfall methodologies - they typically had little user experience expertise or input in the existing designs - designs / development builds were underway but the results of the designs were unsatisfying to users We have done LeanUX design projects with a number of clients continuously testing and honed our process by testing various techniques: - rapid iterative design and improvement (design thinking) - brain storming sessions (design thinking) - design studios (traditional art school critiquing process) - rapid prototyping, usability testing and revision We also want to share the pitfalls as you start to get involved in lean startup including having: - The “genius designer” mentality within the UX team - The "stay in the building until the product is ready" mentality - Different internal groups (design, development) that work against each other - Executives that swoop down and influence (aka hijack) the process - Too little contact between the designers and other team members - Too many chefs leading to poor focus - The anti-cheerleader who always says “No!” Through a series of case studies we will describe the processes and flow that worked best for both large enterprises small startups: - Conducting a strategy workshop to align the team on business and user needs - Rapidly developing personas and scenarios as a team with all stakeholders - Conducting a design studio with all stakeholders to agree on the design directions to explore - Rapidly iterated prototype and guerilla testing - Creating non-technical, but partially functional prototypes through available tools (e.g., Axure, Proto IO, iRise) Nearly every group we worked asked: - Does this work for a company like mine (Startup, Enterprise, Healthcare, Government, etc.)? - What was the composition of the most successful LeanUX teams? Number of team members? Types of expertise? - How did the process differ between Startups and Large Enterprises?TRANSCRIPT
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Lean UX for Startups & EnterpriseJohn WhalenUX Lead & Founder, Brilliant ExperienceVP, UXPA-DC
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Meet Brilliant Experience
User Insights Strategy & Ideation User Experience
John tell me more about yourself, it is all so fascinating!
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Agenda‣ Introduction
‣ LeanUX Secrets (Strategy is the secret sauce)
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Many clients:
- know they’ve got a market for a product- have limited UX/design capabilities- were developing something that users didn’t really want- need to move faster, not slower while introducing UX
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How do we “cross the chasm”?
User InsightsGreat Experience,
Successful Product
InsertMagicalProcess
Here
Not recommended
Hard to find
Try this
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To help you understand what “this” is, let’s play ‘Name that Methodology’
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Empathize with the audience you are designing for.
Brainstorm possible designs
Build a representation of one or more of your ideas
PrototypeIdeateResearch
Test your ideas for feedback
Test
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Empathize with the audience you are designing for.
Brainstorm possible designs
Build a representation of one or more of your ideas
PrototypeIdeateResearch
Test your ideas for feedback
Test
Design
Thinking
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Design Thinking
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Build
1
Measure
2
Learn
3
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Build
1
Measure
2
Learn
3
Lean
Startup
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Lean Startup
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User Stories
1
Design & Develop
2
Feedback
3
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User Stories
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Design & Develop
2
Feedback
3
Agile
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Agile
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What about LeanUX?
LeanUX...
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LeanUX...
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Two key points
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1. Must balance business & user needs
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2. Iteration improves the product
That’s all swell John, but what about that top 10 list you promised us?
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The secret lies in the strategy
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Get internal focus on what matters and prioritize business goals.
Prioritize your audiences, define them and the scenarios in which they would use your product.
Brainstorm ways to satisfy 1 & 2.
IdeationAudience NeedsBusiness Needs
Flesh out best ideas. Get stakeholders on board with conceptual model.
Sketching
Strategy Session
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CEO: I know you had an agenda, but let’s just sketch our ideas
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Warm Up: Elevator Pitch
For
who
MoDevUX is a
that
Unlike
MoDevUX
(target customer),
(customer need),
(market category)
(one key benefit).
(competition),
(unique differentiator).
idea idea
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Business Goals
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Business Goals for _____________‣ Write down business goals independently
‣ Prioritize through collaborative discussion
‣ Examples:
- Make us all rich! Ka ching!
- Totally wow users!
- Create (opportunity) that provides great value to customers.
- Drive (user behavior) by (strategic design goal).
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LeanUX Secret 1:Get the stakeholders aligned on prioritized business goals.
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Personas
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Prioritize Personas
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LeanUX Secret 2:Prioritize personas.
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Just a quick sketch
No detailed persona exercise. This is LeanUX!
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LeanUX Secret 3:Sketch personas, don’t over think them.
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Scenarios
Name & Defining Characteristic Scenario Name
Scenario PictureSituation & Goal
UXPA DC Activity
Outcome
Scenario
What motivates your persona?
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LeanUX Secret 4:Focus on the experience journey.
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Ideation & Sketching
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Quantity over visual quality. The more ideas the better.
Sell your concept to the group.
Using prioritized user scenarios and business needs.
CritiquePresentIdeate
Creatively based on feedback.
Refine
The Process
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LeanUX Secret 5:Debate design direction alternatives early in the process.
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• Agreed&upon&conceptual&direc0on&
• Include&wall&with&pictures&
• Liked&that&this&would&vary&between&user’s&stated&interests&and&related&things&(think&Pandora)&
• Like&the&faces.&&Need&to&include&way&to&acknowledge&new&members&
• Need&to&emphasize&who&has&viewed&your&profile,&or&liked&your&content&
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LeanUX Secret 6:Develop conceptual model with stakeholders, not the design.
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Rapidly Iterate Design
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Rapidly Iterate Design
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LeanUX Secret 7:Rapidly iterate design.
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LeanUX Secret 8:Share broadly. Be attentive to internal feedback.
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Usability Testing
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Why is this empty?
What is a past hosted events?
Why is the nav so complicated?
Feels awfully beige for a fun app.
Is this where I start?
How do explore
features and FAQ differ?Will drafts show invitations
or greetings or polls?
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More Content, Less Navigation
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LeanUX Secret 9:Test continuously.
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User Experience Design
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Design Matters
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LeanUX Secret 10:Take the time to produce brilliant experiences.
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Let’s Review
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LeanUX Secrets1. Get the stakeholders aligned on prioritized business goals.
2. Prioritize personas.
3. Sketch personas, don’t over think them.
4. Focus on the experience journey.
5. Debate design direction alternatives early in the process.
6. Develop conceptual model with stakeholders, not the design.
7. Rapidly iterate design.
8. Share broadly. Be attentive to internal feedback.
9. Test continuously.
10. Take the time to produce brilliant experiences.
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John Whalen@johnwhalen
User Research Strategy User Experience
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