The Product / UX Lifecycle. A series of articles from me.
A series of three articles on designing better digital products across the full user lifecycle.
Writing by Joe Leech
Writings on product management, product design psychology, user experience and jobs to be done (JTBD).
Try: Product Management, UX, Jobs to be Done, Psychology, Business, Short fun stuff or you can search.
The UI Plural(s) problem
We’ve all seen it, we’ve all used it, we’ve probably all been in the meeting when it was decided to do it.
Speedboats and Supertankers: Startups and Big Business
Big business is all about the setting the right course and maintaining it. Startups are all about getting somewhere fast, even if it’s not the right somewhere.
Why Apple Pay isn’t taking off: A UX perspective.
Only 1.5% of payments are via Apple / Android Pay. Usage is growing but not quickly.
Making the right product decisions
The biggest mistake I see amongst product design teams is a lack of a framework to make informed and sensible product decisions.
Apps as Strategy – five years on
Our strategy is apps! Was the call of many an executive back when the app store was launched 5 years ago. In 2017 apps aren’t the safe bet they once seemed.
Stop designing filters and start designing search
I get asked a few times a year. What’s a good design pattern for search filters? I um, and I err, and I try and think of good ones. The problem being, filtering is an admission your search experience isn’t working.
UX mistakes I have made #4: Confusing Waypoints and Goals
A series of blog posts about common User Experience and IA mistakes. I have at some point made all of these blunders and later regretted each and every one.
Chat bot template
I find myself designing examples of chat bots quite a lot at the moment. To help the product team better understand the value of chat bots I often mock up example conversations that might occur. I use this template.
What’s in my Workshop Box
The box I use for my UX and Product Strategy Workshops