UX designers like to grumble: "There are not enough usability tests", "my client thinks they know best", "the visual designer interpreted my design wrong, yet again". I want to put an end to your misery and share my experience to improve your UX skills: UX design is, in fact, all about continually reacting as the project develops. Your role is to make the best possible initial assumptions and then listen to the users. UX is functional design. It does not matter what colour or how big the buttons are. The important thing is whether they should be there in the first place. Be prepared to stand your ground. Make sure that your client knows that the project is important to you, too. But be flexible! You won’t always be right.

1. All hope is not lost.
UX up!
Adam Jeziorski
@jeziorsa / adam.jeziorski@10clouds.com

2. Introduction
UX designers like to grumble: "There are not enough
usability tests", "my client thinks they know best", "the
visual designer interpreted my design wrong, yet again".
I want to put an end to your misery and share my
experience to improve yours UX skills

3. Who am I to talk about UX
I worked as visual designer, front-end developer, project
manager and of course as a UX designer.
I wrote a thesis on UCD design.

4. Agenda
● Truth
● UX as reaction
● Starting small
● UX is not UI
● Be mean

5. Truth about UX
We listen about putting user in the center but it usually
ends up with asking ux designer for mockups.
Whole team is responsible for final product!

6. UX as reaction
UX design is, in fact, all about continually reacting as the
project develops. Your role is to make the best possible
initial assumptions and then simply make users happy.

7. Starting small
Start small. If you are not sure how to do something, do it
the simplest way

8. UX is not UI
UX is functional design. It does not matter what colour or
how big the buttons are. The important thing is whether
they should be there in the first place.

10. Be mean
Be prepared to stand your ground. Make sure that your
client knows that the project is important to you, too. But
be flexible! You won’t always be right.

11. This is all
for now ...