Have you ever worked a project where the size of scope and size of support are imbalanced? Many projects end up this way and many don’t know how to overcome the obstacles created by this situation.
Time Leisio and James Schmittler from Thomson Reuters take a look at what happens when scope gets out of control, the benefits of keeping a manageable scope, and how designers can employ strategy and simplification to get a project back on track.
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January 2016 Event: UX Strategy & Simplification
1. How User Experience Designers
Take Hugely Complicated Systems
and Make Them Less Complicated
For The People That The
Organization Serves.
Starring James Schmittler & Tim Leisio
01.14.16
29. Why is all of this important?
So we’ve grown up. Good for us. Why do you care?
30. Context
The environment and situation people are experiencing.
● Growing team
● Large enterprise company
● UX only one of many voices
● Takes time to build relationships
● Change is slow
31. Context
The environment and situation people are experiencing.
● Growing team
● Large enterprise company
● UX only one of many voices
● Takes time to build relationships
● Slow to change
● We have complex products
● Ever growing scope
32. Context
The environment and situation people are experiencing.
● Growing team
● Large enterprise company
● UX only one of many voices
● Takes time to build relationships
● Slow to change
● We have complex products
● Ever growing (potential for) scope
33. What happens if we lose control of scope?
The first step is admitting you have a problem.
34. It Doesn’t Fit
You can try all day lady, but that couch isn’t going in that car.
35. Why is it so damn hard to maintain
scope?Go home scope, you’re drunk...