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Comment on Making F1 real-time data accessible to all by It’s time to stop programming for the teletype era – avdi.codes

It’s time to stop programming for the teletype era – avdi.codes — Wed, 15 May 2019 10:32:18 +0000

[…] who was tasked with making Formula One real-time data accessible to the blind? He wound up coming up with a way to make that data more accessible to everyone. This kind of thing happens surprisingly often. When people start thinking about solutions using […]

Comment on Throwing grenades to feed the beast by Inside Design

Inside Design — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:43:12 +0000

[…] With the whole team focused on the shipping, the pressure on the designers is huge. Designers are expected to deliver the deliverables of design—wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and spec documents. And they can’t let the development team slow down. This is where most agile design teams get stuck feeding the development beast. […]

Comment on Throwing grenades to feed the beast by How do you track your design's effectiveness? - InVision Blog

How do you track your design's effectiveness? - InVision Blog — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:16:03 +0000

Comment on Measure outcomes not outputs by The new UX - it's all talk | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

The new UX - it's all talk | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:16:04 +0000

[…] to switch from the traditional deliverable focused approach—or output driven design. To an outcome focused approach. Success is no longer measured by getting sign off on deliverables, design is now measured against […]

Comment on The product designer’s practice by The product designer's research | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

The product designer's research | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:37:57 +0000

[…] part I discussed the tools we use like Sketch and InVision. In the second part I explored how we structure the UX and product design practice. In this part I will focus on research, how we get to know our users and put them at the heart of […]

Comment on Superhuman by Get-out-of-talking-to-users – Taking a chance on personas | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 04:06:19 +0000

[…] my experience working with several teams and many digital products, I’ve learned that not everyone likes doing user research. The reason […]

Comment on The product designer’s toolkit by Should designers be generalists or specialists? | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 03:26:44 +0000

[…] have a UI design team that works on our Design System—they’re specialized in visual design, which we like to refer to as UI design. They’re […]

Comment on Blog by The Agile Design Team Maturity Scale | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

The Agile Design Team Maturity Scale | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:44:57 +0000

[…] with other designers and design leaders, or those who have heard me talk on the subject or read one of my previous articles, it has become clear that every team or organisation is on the same journey. They all recognise […]

Comment on Structuring a design team in a continuous delivery agile environment by Should designers be generalists or specialists? | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:35:09 +0000

[…] Envato we have a distributed design team. Designers are embedded in small cross-functional teams alongside developers and a product manager, […]

Comment on The product designer’s toolkit by Should designers be generalists or specialists? - InVision Blog

Should designers be generalists or specialists? - InVision Blog — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:02:34 +0000

[…] have a UI design team that works on our Design System—they’re specialized in visual design, which we like to refer to as UI design. They’re […]

Comment on Quality vs. Speed – the death of the designer by The 25-Minute Design Sprint

The 25-Minute Design Sprint — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:58:57 +0000

[…] my earlier article ‘Quality vs. speed – The death of the designer,’ I talked about the problem designers face in the new digital world: quality versus […]

Comment on Superhuman by Structuring a design team in a continuous delivery agile environment | Digital Disruption by Chris Thelwell

Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:31:00 +0000

[…] previously written about how our agile UX team works, but this time around I’m going to focus on the way we’ve structured our 12-person design team […]

Comment on The product designer’s research by The Resilient Leader | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell

The Resilient Leader | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:21:40 +0000

[…] there’s research. I once heard an executive at another organisation announce, “We don’t need to talk to […]

Comment on Throwing grenades to feed the beast by Measure Outcomes Not Outputs | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell

Measure Outcomes Not Outputs | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:55:50 +0000

Comment on Superhuman by Measure Outcomes Not Outputs | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell

Measure Outcomes Not Outputs | Digital Disruption By Chris Thelwell — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:55:02 +0000

[…] The UX designers at Envato are embedded within agile development teams. This means design has adopted methods for measuring our performance from our agile practices. However, alongside our engineers and product management colleagues we are working to change this. We believe it is also really important to measure the effectiveness of our work. […]