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Agile

How to Keep both Dev and Design Teams Happy and Productive in an Agile Environment

Jul 23rd, 2019 //  by Greg Nudelman

It seems natural that the design team, being as it is in the service of the development team, should be organized in the same way, around a 2-week sprint. Unfortunately, in practice, that rarely works well. There is a vast difference between the work required to design the product and the work required to build one. Here’s how to keep both teams happy and productive.

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, DesignOpsTag: #Atlassian, #Jira, #Kanban, #Rally, #Zen, Agile, DesignOps, Lean, Lean UX

Lean UX is Simple

Jul 19th, 2018 //  by Greg Nudelman

Lean UX Design Process in a nutshell: 1.    Feel the pain 2.    Brainstorm together 3.    Prototype cheaply 4.    Iterate quickly 5.    Try it in real world 6.    Repeat steps #2-5 until #1 is eliminated I got tired of how poorly the phone holder was working, so I made my own from leftover household materials in about 20 minutes, after 4 quick …

Category: Featured UX Design Articles, Lean UX and Rapid PrototypingTag: Agile, agile prototyping, Lean UX, Minimum Viable Prototype, MVP, Process, prototyping

8 Mobile UX Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Jan 9th, 2015 //  by Greg Nudelman

Here are the top trends in the mobile UX industry. Without further ado, here’s our count-down to #1. #8 Mobile First: Responsive Web Design Responsive Web Design or RWD has been a dominant trend in web industry for several years now. We predict that this will continue to be the case. RWD will be the …

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, Design Strategy, Featured UX Design Articles, Lean UX and Rapid Prototyping, Mobile, RWD, and Tablet UX DesignTag: 2015, Agile, Lean, LeanIn2015, Mobile and Tablet UX Design Articles, Predictions, strategy

What is the $1 Prototype Mobile Design Methodology? (Book Excerpt)

Dec 7th, 2014 //  by Greg Nudelman

The state of your prototype must reflect the state of completion of your system. This simple guideline is also very profound. The degree of certainty in your design should be reflected in the level of completion of your prototype. The project starts with a rough storyboard which is highly uncertain and full of assumptions: no one knows if
the audience will find the product useful, if they will pay for it, or even if the product can (or should) be built.

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, Lean UX and Rapid PrototypingTag: $1 Prototype, Agile, Design Strategy, Lean, paper prototypes, UX Design, Workshop

How to Easily Prototype Your Android L Material Designs: TripAdvisor App Case Study

Nov 18th, 2014 //  by Greg Nudelman

In my workshops, often the greatest challenge for designers is converting their existing Android designs to the new Material Design approach—making the interface both simpler and more visually rich than their corresponding Android 4.x designs, as well as laying out the “happy path” for the customers (using Floating Action Button or FAB, as one of the tools). The following sticky note wireframes demonstrate my quick take on converting the Android 4.x TripAdvisor app into Material Design using $1 Prototype methodology — perfect for prototyping Android Material Designs.

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, Mobile, RWD, and Tablet UX DesignTag: $1 Prototype, Agile, android, Google, iPhone, Material Design, Mobile and Tablet UX Design Articles, Search UX Design Articles, UX Design, Workshop

HULT University Course: Advanced User Experience * July 2 – August 3, 2011 * San Francisco, CA

Jun 1st, 2012 //  by Greg Nudelman

Course Description This course teaches how to create best-of-class cross-channel customer experiences on the mobile, tablet and web. Using Mobile-First design principles, students will learn the practical modern UX methods and best design approaches for each channel, with special focus on critical elements of mobile apps, search, navigation, forms and workflows. Although no technical expertise …

Category: SpeakingTag: Agile, best practices, courses, Design Strategy, ecommerce, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, landing pages, paper prototypes, Presentation, prototyping, Social Networking, Software Engineering, speaking, teaching, UX, UX Design, UX Research, workshops

Mobile Magic Moments: Transform the Trivial

Apr 19th, 2012 //  by contributor

When mobile or tablet design is executed well, the device feels like the extension of our bodies. Because interfaces respond even before we consciously give them a command. Often, the interface “dissolves in behavior” and we feel empowered, as though the device we hold in our hand is the equivalent of Iron Man’s suit of cybernetic armor, or Batman’s utility belt. I call this empowering experience a “Magic Moment”.

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, Design Strategy, Featured UX Design Articles, Mobile, RWD, and Tablet UX DesignTag: Agile, android, best practices, Design Strategy, iPad, iPhone, Mobile and Tablet UX Design Articles, tablet, UX, UX Design

Why we don’t do mobile usability tests (and neither should you)

Mar 14th, 2012 //  by Greg Nudelman

In my experience, mobile usability tests, as they are popularly conducted, are a waste of time and resources and in vast majority of cases fail to lead to creation a better mobile product. Instead, I conduct RITE (Rapid Iterative Testing and Evaluation) studies: the only methodology that I’ve actually experienced in the real life yielding more delightful, usable and successful mobile products in less time.

Category: 56 Articles on Digital Strategy, Mobile and Search, Design Strategy, Featured UX Design Articles, Mobile, RWD, and Tablet UX DesignTag: Agile, agile prototyping, best practices, Design Strategy, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Mobile and Tablet UX Design Articles, paper prototypes, prototyping, sketching, tablet, UX Design, Workshop

How to make Agile work for your Mobile Design project

Mar 5th, 2012 //  by Greg Nudelman

I recently had dinner with one of my heroes and fellow Rosenfeld Media workshop leaders, Steve Krug. We had a long conversation about how to make mobile usability testing work for Agile mobile design projects. This webinar is the result. Learn the essential techniques that will make Agile mobile design work for you: how to replace boring kick-off meeting with a fun Design Workshop and how to do fast, effective mobile RITE testing with PostIt Notes. Get the complete Webinar: techniques, case study with wireframes – FREE!

Category: SpeakingTag: Agile, android, Free, iPhone, Mobile and Tablet UX Design Articles, paper prototypes, prototyping, RITE, UX, Webinar

Practical Agile Mobile Design

Nov 20th, 2011 //  by Greg Nudelman

We help you look for success in the right place from the get go, with the right design patterns implemented through Agile and light-weight guerrilla user testing strategies that work. Faster. And with more confidence. “Start with questions and walk away with wireframes.”

Category: WorkshopsTag: Agile, android, drawing, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Mobile and Tablet UX Design, paper prototypes, prototyping, tablet, Workshop

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