If you’ve ever heard about continuous discovery (CD), then high chances are you associate it with the work of product managers. However, this agile approach to research and project refinement isn’t confined to product people work only. It’s also a critical part of how design teams shape products and create value. CD offers a method
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13 UI Terms – A Cheat Sheet for Product Designers
Entering the UI/UX world is an exciting endeavor for anyone new to the world of design. However, it comes with a few challenges — one being, that there is a whole different language you must wrap your head around. It’s safe to say that some UI terminology is not common knowledge for the everyday person.
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Taming Scope Creep in Product Design
Scope creep is a common issue in UX design projects. By proactively preventing scope creep, UX designers can ensure that their projects are completed on time and within budget. Establishing clear goals and objectives, creating a design brief, encouraging collaboration, planning for the unexpected, and creating a system of governance are all effective ways project
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A Quick Guide to Interactive Prototyping
As digital product complexity increases, so does the need for interactive prototyping. To minimize UX debt and reduce usability issues, designers must test and iterate with the highest accuracy during the design process. Get the world’s most advanced end-to-end design tool. Create fully functioning interactive prototypes that look and feel like the final product. Sign
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2022 Wrap-Up – A Compilation of Must-Read Articles, eBooks, and Webinars
This year was full of exciting projects. Our content revolved around design systems, design operations, and design itself! We released an eBook, organized a virtual conference, and released a few features that let the design community experience component-driven prototyping. Want to try it yourself? Beyond being an all-round advanced prototyping software, UXPin allows designers to
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What Is A User Interface? Definition & Best Practices For UI Design
In 2022, there were an estimated 4.95 billion global internet users. That’s more than 60 percent of the world’s population. For so many people to use smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops — not to mention the websites and apps — they need to be easy, efficient, and enjoyable to use. If they’re not, it’s a
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Design Teams Goals and How to Set Them [With Examples]
Any design team needs to know exactly what they’re working towards. Without this, it can be easy to lose focus on the critical aims and goals of their work and projects. Design team goals are a great way to ensure your team is on track to completing the right tasks and to help productivity and
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Choosing a Color Palette for Your Project
Somewhere between wireframing and prototyping, you need the right color selection for your design project. In some respects, your color palette matters just as much as the structure of your design. Given its importance, you don’t want to pick colors without careful consideration. The following information should help you choose a color palette that makes
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Cross-Platform Experience – An In-Depth Guide for Product Designers
With an ever-growing list of devices, operating systems, and technologies, cross-platform experience design is an essential component of the product development process. Many organizations have dedicated teams for iOS, Android, Windows, etc., to ensure products meet platform-specific requirements and user expectations. Create seamless cross-platform customer experiences with the world’s most advanced UX design tool. Sign
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Website Design for Scannability – 8 UI Tips and Proven Reading Patterns
Website scannability is essential for creating a positive, user-friendly experience. Users want to find content that solves their problem and return to their lives. Facilitating that by designing for scannability creates trust, increasing the likelihood that visitors will return or convert. This article describes the various scanning patterns users adopt for different tasks and best
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How to Optimize Videos To Improve Website UX
One of the simplest ways website owners can improve user experience is by implementing videos onto their site. Why spend hours revising instructional copy or guides when a video can condense it in a few minutes? Using videos wisely can be a great way to put users first and boost your site’s UX. You’re about
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Heuristic Evaluation – The Most Informal Usability Inspection Method
Design teams commonly use Jakob Nielsen’s heuristics to evaluate human-computer interaction because they provide a comprehensive user experience audit. A heuristic evaluation explores ten critical facets of a product’s user experience, allowing design teams to focus on specific usability problems within user interfaces and interactions. Get accurate insights about your product’s usability performance using advanced
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Building a Component Library – A Step-by-Step Guide
Whether you’re creating a design system from scratch or want better front-end development cohesion and consistency, building a component library is an excellent way to improve your product’s user experience. A component library will save you significant time in the long run, but it will require a lot of resources and attention to detail to
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What is Design Facilitation and How to Host Your First Session?
Workshops and design sprints are standard in most design processes. These collaborative exercises allow design teams to get valuable input from multiple departments and stakeholders. Design facilitation provides the essential planning and framework to ensure these exercises deliver successful outcomes. Facilitators must guide team members through various tasks and activities to achieve the activity’s goals
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UX Content Strategy – How to Create and Track it
Content exists across multiple touchpoints sourced from numerous creators. A UX content strategy ensures content production and governance remain high quality and consistency to enhance a product’s user experience while meeting business goals. We’ll explore two significant factors in developing and maintaining a content strategy: A content strategy team uses these facets to create a
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