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We are often asked what the differences are between service design, UX, human-centered design, design thinking, design research, and the list goes on… It can be complicated and confusing, so we decided to create an all-encompassing guide with definitions for you (and us)!
Have you experienced challenges in getting your ideas heard by executives, stakeholders, or across departments? We know it can be hard to persist, but the reward is worth the struggle! Learn how to overcome these challenges and champion design within your organization.
Do you ever wonder about the differences between UX and UI Design? Both are necessary for creating a stellar product, but UX design is important. Just because a design looks great (UI) doesn’t mean it will work well (UX)!
Are you struggling to get the most out of your user and customer research? We explore types of user research, best practices for testing, and the most common pitfalls associated with conducting UX research.
To what extent has your business or organization adopted UX research and design? Using a UX Maturity Scale, we help you identify where your organization’s user experience currently stands, and what steps to take in order to level-up.
Identifying and solving complex business challenges can be difficult, and managers often don’t realize that their design team can help! We explore why Design Strategy is a great framework for aligning stakeholders, gaining buy-in, and tackling sticky business problems.
When you don’t have the time or resources for user research, empathy-mapping and proto-personas are two great design tools that your team and stakeholders can use to better understand your organization’s users or customers, and to inform timely feature, product, or service decisions.
How effective are user surveys? Are they really adequate to get at customers’ deeper needs and pain paints? We explore why companies should be applying mixed UX research methods alongside user surveys in order to uncover richer insights and make stronger product/service decisions.
How can an organization get started with design thinking? In Part Two of this series, we outline the design thinking process and actionable ways to integrate this mindset into your service, product, and business development.
We explore why your tech/SaaS company should hire an external firm to conduct UX and human-centered design research with your customers, and help your busy UX team develop its design strategy.
We explore design-thinking and human-centered tools and techniques to ensure that your carefully researched customer journey maps are highly actionable, and that they are communicated across your organization to affect change.
Building a customer journey map will enable your company to better understand how customers use your products or services. We outline how to collect research insights and build an effective and highly useful journey map for your organization.