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Data Informed UX design: 21 data tweaks to improve your UX design process

Data Informed UX design: 21 data tweaks to improve your UX design process

Data is an increasingly vital part of how we work. Here's 21 tips on how designers can incorporate it into their design process

2022

Christopher K Wong

Christopher K Wong

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in
UX Collective

Creativity lies in the constraints: why small-scale design innovation is best

To approach design exploration efficiently, think like a plumber

3d ago

A man in a yellow hazard suit and hard hat inspecting a large set of pipes leading to a number of different places

3d ago

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why asking questions is a vital part of growing as a designer

Design shouldn't be a leap of faith based on vague client needs

Sep 25

The 5 whys method of thinking about things, laid out by Nick Babich, going from 20% of users are unable to checkout all the way to a root cause of “We thought Paypal wasn’t preferable to users.”

Sep 25

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

To design great products, you need to experience them firsthand early on

The most important thing when you’re new to a project is to see it for yourself

Sep 17

A man walking on a path being constructed, looking down at the curve on the left side while the right side has a well-worn dirt path with people already walking on it.

Sep 17

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to use grayscale: a quick way to check accessibility and visual design

Using grayscale is a way to keep both accessibility and visual design in mind

Sep 10

A twitter post that shows 4 different types of verification badges: legacy, business, government and affiliate. In grayscale, they look nearly identical.

Sep 10

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to help your team navigate Product Discovery and work with executives

It’s often tough to speak up during Product Discovery. Here are three questions to help.

Sep 3

A venn diagram where there are three circles overlapping: “Desirable” which emphasizes users, “Feasible” which emphasizes technology, and “Viable” which emphasizes busienss

Sep 3

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why simple UX stories are best: the power of clarifying ambiguity

Why going back to basics can often be the best approach

Aug 27

An audience of adults sitting down, enraptured, listening to a child speak while standing

Aug 27

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to use competitive evaluation to influence decision-makers

How comparing designs with competitors can persuade stubborn stakeholders

Aug 20

A diagram with two different things. Competitive Reviews shows an expert reviewing several different competitors in front of a desktop. Competitive Testing shows that same expert with a keyboard, watching a regular person use the desktop with competitor websites

Aug 20

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

ROI isn’t the best way to talk about the value of UX; behavior change is

Justifying the value of your work through money isn't helpful

Aug 13

A graph that shows “Cost to Change” at 3 stages. At the definition stage, it costs 1x to fix. At Development, it costs 1.5–6x to fix, and then after release, it costs 60–100x to fix.

Aug 13

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why building credibility is a critical part of growing as a designer

How to Influence without Authority, the Soft Skills that Will Advance Your Career

Aug 6

A small cub pointing in a direction and getting the large lion to look that particular way

Aug 6

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why you shouldn’t be too eager to share your work

Designers often overshare when it’s not in their best interests to

Jul 30

A man holding up a finger to his lips and going “shush” to quiet a person

Jul 30

Kai Wong

Kai Wong

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7xTop writer in UX Design. UX, Data Viz, and Data. Author of Data-Informed UX Design: https://tinyurl.com/2p83hkav. Substack: https://dataanddesign.substack.com

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