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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

He shares the factors that influence how effective various prototyping methodologies will be and how to choose wisely; what level of effort you will need to invest in prototyping in order to get useful feedback; and how to permanently integrate prototyping into your software development process in a way that is effective for your organization.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

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.” | In the study, companies like Apple and Coca-Cola outperformed the rating agency Standard & Poor’s by 228%, which indicates the industry’s average performance. Not to mention the improvement in productivity and the reduction of rework costs, especially in the development process. This is crucial.

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Virtual Teams Can Outperform Traditional Teams

Harvard Business Review

Or: "This virtual team I'm on is a disaster — nobody really knows what the other is doing." Many of us have found ourselves thrown onto project teams in which we must work with others across several time zones and even different countries. Teams can be highly effective even when members have never met in person.

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User Experience Research at Scale

Boxes and Arrows

By establishing a constant stream of non-biased opinions and open lines of communication which are immune to politics and ever-shifting strategies, research keeps design and development efforts grounded in what should already be the application’s first priority–the user. Different from analytics.

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How Big Companies Should Innovate

Harvard Business Review

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, I also pointed out a paradox: being bad at innovation and good at execution isn't necessarily undesirable.

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7 Tips for Managing Freelancers and Independent Contractors

Harvard Business Review

“It could be money, the chance to develop new skills, or the opportunity to work with great people,” says Pink. ” Because you won’t know freelancers as well as the people on your team, you may need to put this question to them directly. (“Just asking is a woefully underused technique in life,” says Pink).