become a ux leader - how to establish ux in your organization
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UX Lausanne 2015
BECOME A UX LEADER - HOW TO ESTABLISH UX IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
GOALS FOR TODAY
#1 Leadership
Learn about the idea of modern leadership and skills and about your personal leadership style.
GOALS FOR TODAY
#2 Organizations
Learn about the maturity level of UX in your organization and the role of your organizational style.
GOALS FOR TODAY
#3 UX Strategy
Formulate a first version of a resource-based strategy to establish UX in your organization. Get feedback from other experts.
Our Agenda for today…
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
User Experience:
What does User Experience mean to you?
>> From the user’s perspective User Experience stands for his feelings and interactions with a product or service.
>> From an organizational perspective User Experience stands for a strategic direction and for employees with specific roles and skills.
THE LIFE OF A USER EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL SOME YEARS AGO
I created a 300 pages usability report with lots of valuable
findings in it!
Our users think…
User Experience Professional The Manager
TODAY USER EXPERIENCE IS A KEY COMPETENCY IN MANY WELL-KNOWN PRODUCT COMPANIES
USER EXPERIENCE BECOMES MORE AND MORE MATURE — WITH WELL ESTABLISHED ROLES
USER EXPERIENCE PROCESSES & TOOLS ARE MORE INTEGRATED
Example: Dual Track Development
MORE AND MORE SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES EVOLVE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL UX WORK
Design Studio
Sketching
Prototyping User Testing
LearningsHypothesis (User
Needs, Behavior)
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Product Design Sprint Weekly Plan
BUT STILL — USER EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONALS AND EVANGELISTS NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD FOR UX
Still early-stage
(still lots to do)
Personal development opportunity
Make the world a better
place
Increase work satisfaction
Leadership:
What does Leadership mean to you?
>> Leaders influence others to accomplish shared goals. Leaders (in contrast to managers) often emerge on their own.
>> In modern organizations leadership is a key skill for everyone. It means being accountable for your work and to move things forward.
Build trust
Have a vision
SKILLS OF A GOOD LEADER
Value others Self-Reflection
Make things happen
Understand your environ-
ment
Be transparent
Determination
KNOWING YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE HELPS YOU TO FOSTER YOUR STRENGTHS
The Visionary
Key Skill: good in creating compelling directions for the future
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
THE UX LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
Assessment about your organizational UX maturity level, your individual leadership style and your organizational style as basis
for the ideal strategic approach to establish UX.
ASSESSMENT RESULTS ARE THE BASIS FOR YOUR RESOURCE-BASED UX STRATEGY APPROACH
Leadership style, Experience
UX Maturity level, Roles
Organizatio- nal style, Challenges
Mission, Approach, Activities
>> Continuous personal improvement, self-reflection and context awareness are key skills of a leader. Assessments help as a starting point.
a) Quick Assessment
>> Let’s start with an quick assessment of your situation. Please fill out the questionnaire on your table. You have
15 minutes!
b) Assessment results
>> Have a look at the assessment result papers and mark your individual results. You have
10 minutes!
THE UX LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT — RESULTS
The cards show your individual results for your UX maturity level, your leadership style and your organizational style.
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
User Experience maturity levels:
The User Experience maturity level indicates how user-centric your organization is and what levels you could reach.
5 UX MATURITY LEVELS — LEVEL 1: UNAWARENESS
1
5 UX MATURITY LEVELS — LEVEL 2: INTEREST
2
5 UX MATURITY LEVELS — LEVEL 3: INVESTED
3
5 UX MATURITY LEVELS — LEVEL 4: INVESTED
4
5 UX MATURITY LEVELS — LEVEL 5: INVESTED
5
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
Leadership styles:
Leadership style define the leader’s style in driving ideas forward, making things happen and motivating others.
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE VISIONARY
1
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE COACH
2
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE DRIVER
3
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE BOSS
4
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE FRIEND
5
6 LEADERSHIP STYLES — THE DEMOCRATIC
6
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
Organizational styles:
Organizational style defines the character of an organization in decision making, structures and processes.
5 ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES — THE START UP
1
5 ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES — THE BUREAUCRACY
2
5 ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES — THE IDEA ORGANIZATION
3
5 ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES — THE EXPERT GROUP
4
5 ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES — THE DIVERSIFIED
5
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY
1. THE ROLE OF USER EXPERIENCE 2. QUICK ASSESSMENT 3. USER EXPERIENCE MATURITY LEVELS 4. LEADERSHIP STYLES 5. ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES 6. THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
THE RESOURCE-BASED UX STRATEGY APPROACH
Leadership style, Experience
UX Maturity level, Roles
Organizatio- nal style, Challenges
Mission, Approach, Activities
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — 5 STEPS
1
2
Your Mission(Please describe what you want to accomplish for User Experiencein your organization. Please be brief and describe it in one or two sentences.)
Starting Point(What is your User Experience Level? How many resourcesdo you have?)
3 Individual Context(What is yourleadership style? How experienced are you in UX work?)
4 Organizational Context(What is your organiz-ational style? What are your mainchallenges?)
5 Your Strategy Approach(What is your ideal user experience strategy approach? What are your best next activities?)
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — YOUR MISSION
1 Your Mission(Please describe what you want to accomplish for User Experiencein your organization. Please be brief and describe it in one or two sentences.)
YOUR GOALS IN
1-2 SENTENCES
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — YOUR STARTING POINT
2 Starting Point(What is your User Experience Level? How many resourcesdo you have?)
YOUR UX MATURITY LEVEL AND RESOURCE
SITUATION
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONTEXT
3 Individual Context(What is yourleadership style? How experienced are you in UX work?)
YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE AND
EXPERIENCE
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
4 Organizational Context(What is your organiz-ational style? What are your mainchallenges?)
YOUR ORGANIZATIO-NAL STYLE AND
CHALLENGES
THE UX STRATEGY BLUEPRINT — YOUR STRATEGY APPROACH
5 Your Strategy Approach(What is your ideal user experience strategy approach? What are your best next activities?)
YOUR STRATEGY
APPROACH AND NEXT ACTIVITIES
a) Strategy Set-Up
>> Please think about your learnings from the assessment and fill out your UX strategy blueprint with your findings.
You have 30 minutes!
FEEDBACK FROM YOUR GROUP
8 Your Feedback from the Group(Please note your most important learnings and your most important findingsbased on the group feedback on your case)
SPACE FOR THE VALUABLE
FEEDBACK!
b) Group Feedback
>> Explain your situation and your strategy approach to your group. Note down their feedback and ideas on your case. Choose a moderator for each round.
You have 20 minutes
each!
ACTION PLAN
9 Your Action Plan(Please visualize your next six actions to make your UX mission happen in the actionplan blueprint. Please use the six boxes and think in a timeframe from 6-12 months)
YOUR NEXT 6 STEPS TO
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!
c) Action Plan
>> Define and visualize your next 6 steps to establish UX in your organization in the action plan blueprint. Use the feedback from the group.
You have 15 minutes!
Thanks for your contribution today!
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Inken Petersen Partner & Principal Product Designer
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