The document provides a 7 step guide for graphic designers to become more user experience focused. The steps include stopping saying work is about tech, collaborating in groups as interactive design requires different skills, listening as it's not about the individual, designing for why not just what, facing fears about new skills, being in the top 1% by driving change not just reacting, and sharing additional learning resources. The document emphasizes understanding users and business goals over just aesthetics or technology.
10. How many of you have had a
challenging web project, or a
challenging experience doing
code, or interacting with a
programmer, or setting
expectations with a client?
21. 1. Inception 2. Execution 3. Launch
1. Database Layer
1. User Stories
2. Application Layer
2. Use Cases & Flows
3. Presentation Layer 1. Bug Fixes
3. Sitemap
4. Elements (CSS, 2. Analytics
4. Wireframes Javascript, Flash etc.)
3. Site Administration
5. Development Spec. 5. Hosting Setup
4. Multivariate Testing
6. Content Spec. 6. Q/A & Load Testing
5. Marketing
6. Partners
Information Development
Architecture (Front & Back) 7. Celebration
User
Product Definition
Experience Launch & Iterate
Identity & Visual Content
Design 1. Template Design Creation
1. Brand Definition
2. User Interface
2. User Profiling
1. Copywriting
3. Front End Spec.
3. Business Priorities 1. Stylescape
2. Imagery 1. Analysis
4. Design Application
4. Competitive Audit 2. Identity System
3. Videography 2. Usage Patterns
5. User Testing
5. Story 3. Typography
4. Animation 3. Demographic Detail
6. Product Revisions
6. Messaging 4. Iconography
5. Editing 4. Feature Revision
7. Marketing Strategy
7. Groop Brief 5. Color Palette
6. Rights Clearances 5. User Focus Groups
6. Style Guide
7. Content Loading 6. Release Planning
7. Performance
22. “This whole ‘collaboration, we’ll
work together as a team’... I find
it f***ing difficult...”
Advertising Creative, Dec 2010 Fast Company Article
23. This is because “Interactive
Design” requires Business,
Creative, Tech and Marketing
people to work together. Each with
different interests in a project.
38. She clicks on the
2 “Campaigns” pulldown
and finds Winnie The
Pooh
Sarah Talbott
Legal Delay with Winnie the Pooh
1
Sarah,
wanted to let you know that we are running into issues
getting final legal approval on the Winnie the Pooh poster.
We are going to be delayed by about two weeks.
Sarah Talbott Best,
Chris
Manager
33 year-old
Female
1 Sarah arrived on
Newly married
Monday morning to Once on the Campaign
Responsible for the day-to-day execution of
find an email from legal detail page, she clicks on
campaign elements for her department. letting her know that “Edit Milestone”
the Winnie the Pooh
3
She needs help directing her work to highest
priority tasks and milestones, reducing trivial
workload, seeing where progress is being poster approval is
made in related activities and enabling
visibility to her peers and manager.
getting delayed by 2
Will adopt the IMM tool if it is easy and
weeks. Nooooo! Online Ideation Online Creative Tier 1
visually intuitive, will reject if it is complicated,
OL
Start Date: 00/00/12 Status: Approved Approvals: Asset Link: <internal link to DDS or AS>
dense and overly data heavy.
Due Date: 00/00/12 Priority: High
1 Filmmaker Verbal app’l in meeting. Notes:
Duration: 6 months Studio Awaiting reply. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,
Talent Email approval sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore
Online Debut: 00/00/12 magna aliqua.
Legal --
Create Checklist Edit Milestone Clone Milestone
43. User Need
Features & Functionality
Business Goal
43
44. She clicks on the
2 “Campaigns” pulldown
and finds Winnie The
Pooh
Sarah Talbott
Legal Delay with Winnie the Pooh
1
Sarah,
wanted to let you know that we are running into issues
getting final legal approval on the Winnie the Pooh poster.
We are going to be delayed by about two weeks.
Sarah Talbott Best,
Chris
Manager
33 year-old
Female
1 Sarah arrived on
Newly married
Monday morning to Once on the Campaign
Responsible for the day-to-day execution of
find an email from legal detail page, she clicks on
campaign elements for her department. letting her know that “Edit Milestone”
the Winnie the Pooh
3
She needs help directing her work to highest
priority tasks and milestones, reducing trivial
workload, seeing where progress is being poster approval is
made in related activities and enabling
visibility to her peers and manager.
getting delayed by 2
Will adopt the IMM tool if it is easy and
weeks. Nooooo! Online Ideation Online Creative Tier 1
visually intuitive, will reject if it is complicated,
OL
Start Date: 00/00/12 Status: Approved Approvals: Asset Link: <internal link to DDS or AS>
dense and overly data heavy.
Due Date: 00/00/12 Priority: High
1 Filmmaker Verbal app’l in meeting. Notes:
Duration: 6 months Studio Awaiting reply. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,
Talent Email approval sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore
Online Debut: 00/00/12 magna aliqua.
Legal --
Create Checklist Edit Milestone Clone Milestone
45.
46. 1. Inception 2. Execution 3. Launch
1. Database Layer
1. User Stories
2. Application Layer
2. Use Cases & Flows
3. Presentation Layer 1. Bug Fixes
3. Sitemap
4. Elements (CSS, 2. Analytics
4. Wireframes Javascript, Flash etc.)
3. Site Administration
5. Development Spec. 5. Hosting Setup
4. Multivariate Testing
6. Content Spec. 6. Q/A & Load Testing
5. Marketing
6. Partners
Information Development
Architecture (Front & Back) 7. Celebration
User
Product Definition
Experience Launch & Iterate
Identity & Visual Content
Design 1. Template Design Creation
1. Brand Definition
2. User Interface
2. User Profiling
1. Copywriting
3. Front End Spec.
3. Business Priorities 1. Stylescape
2. Imagery 1. Analysis
4. Design Application
4. Competitive Audit 2. Identity System
3. Videography 2. Usage Patterns
5. User Testing
5. Story 3. Typography
4. Animation 3. Demographic Detail
6. Product Revisions
6. Messaging 4. Iconography
5. Editing 4. Feature Revision
7. Marketing Strategy
7. Groop Brief 5. Color Palette
6. Rights Clearances 5. User Focus Groups
6. Style Guide
7. Content Loading 6. Release Planning
7. Performance
54. What type of designer are you?
Evil
evil Flakey
flakey
obnoxious
Obnoxious Dorky
dorky
product
control big ideas promoting ideas technical
& consistency & openness & social & deep knowledge
58. Step 7
Be(at) the 1%:
Don’t work for
change.
Be change.
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63. “The last few decades have belonged to the computer
programmers who could crank code, lawyers who
could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch
numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing
hands. The future belongs to creators, designers,
storytellers, caregivers, big picture thinkers – will
now reap society’s richest rewards and share its
greatest joys.”
Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind