Portfolios in user experience (UX)Making a skillful impression with a UX portfolio
Regardless of whether they are employed or self-employed: When user experience professionals apply for a job or want to acquire new clients, they often have to present a portfolio. But what exactly is a portfolio in user experience (UX)? Which skills are important? And how can you create a UX portfolio that really convinces hiring managers or potential clients?
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Meaningful technology for humansHow strategy helps to deliver real value for people
At Silicon Techie Night #24, I shared my insights and impulses about strategy: When we want to create truly meaningful technology for humans, how can strategy help us to deliver real value?
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Defining strategies to systematically create positive experiencesUX Vision and UX Strategy: The path to seamless, positive experiences
Positive experiences are becoming increasingly important for companies and, especially in times of increased competition, can be a decisive differentiator that sets an organization apart from others. But how can organizations ensure that everyone aligns in the same direction and contributes to positive experiences for their users or customers? Luckily, UX visions and UX strategies are useful tools for achieving this alignment. What do you need to consider when creating UX visions and UX strategies?
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Making Understanding VisibleExploring Mental Models with Concept Mapping
UX designers should know the mental models of users to design human-centered digital products and services. However, these mental models are not easy to capture and vary substantially from person to person. Concept mapping is a valuable method to explore mental models. But what to consider when using concept mapping in UX research?
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On the importance of experiences in the experience economyWhy the Experience is so important for companies and institutions
In both business and design, we are focusing increasingly on our users’ experience, especially in the digital medium. What are the reasons for this development? This article traces this development and answers questions like: What is the economic value of experience? What is characteristic of experiences? Why are experiences so important, especially in the digital medium? And how can experience help us shape a future worth living?
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Growing corporate awareness for user experienceUX Maturity: Humans in focus, success in sight
User experience (UX) is a key success factor in the design of digital products and services. However, companies and other organizations are at different stages with regards to aligning their business processes for positive UX. UX maturity models help to identify the current stage of organizations in terms of UX maturity. How can companies use these models to systematically create positive UX and turn it into business benefits?
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UX maturitySelected UX maturity models
UX maturity describes the extent to which an organization has implemented human-centered design in its processes. These processes, thus, create good conditions for a positive user experience. UX maturity models help to describe the current status of organizations on this path.
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Diversity in UX designMore diversity for better experiences
In a connected world, target audiences are more diverse than ever before. In user experience (UX) design, this complexity is a major challenge. However, the right design approaches allow creating digital services and products that stand out positively from the rest.
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Create positive experiences with digital products and servicesGuerrilla user experience (UX) design
Especially in the digital age, positive user experience is an important differentiation criterion for products and services. Therefore, this user experience (UX) should be considered from the very beginning of human-centered design. With the right ideas, even limited resources are no reason to give up on creating good user experiences. What possibilities does guerrilla-style UX design offer?
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Low costs, manageable effort, helpful resultsGuerrilla usability & user experience testing
Testing the usability and user experience of digital products and services (e.g. websites or apps) usually involves a lot of effort. But this does not necessarily have to be the case: small tests are better than none. Especially if they are lean, fast and agile. A look at the powerful tactics of guerrilla UX testing.
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