Top 5 Tips To Establishing Design Sprints

Jasper Wu, Chief Experience Officer at U-Next, will deliver a talk at UXDX APAC on March 4th titled 'Creating A CX Culture Through Sprints'. Find out more on Jasper's UXDX Profile [https://uxdx.com/profile/jasper-wu] or buy tickets now at: https://uxdx.com/apac/2021/tickets When working in the USA, I learned the practice of Design Sprints and found it to be a hugely useful tool to validate the concept with fast and decisive speed. When coming to work in U-Next as a CXO in Japan, I wanted to b

Feedback Culture in Design Teams

Sarah Stokes, Head of Design at Domain, shares seven things she knows about feedback culture in design teams.

The Biggest Challenge - Our Focus for 2021

Like nearly everyone else I'm planning out my personal and professional goals for 2020. On the personal front, my goals are pretty standard - get fit, lose weight, travel etc. Covid has impacted all three of those in 2020 but I'm optimistic about the vaccine rollouts. On the professional side, my mission is to help companies shift from building software through projects to building autonomous product teams. The economist Carlota Perez has done some great work on historical disruptions (industr

What Benefits Do Cross-Functional Teams Really Deliver?

Cross-functional teams deliver better products and less re-work according to the speakers at UXDX 2020 due to continuous delivery, shared understanding and team spirit.

Making Product Delivery More Sustainable

To make product delivery more sustainable we need to shift from "predictability" metrics of time and cost to "sustainability" metrics.

Team alignment practices in a growing product company

For the leadership, it’s really Important to find the right balance between autonomy and alignment to help teams stay autonomous and moving in the one direction simultaneously. Miro's Head of Product, Anna Boyarkina discusses what it takes to have true team alignment while scaling your product.

Becoming Data Informed

How you can use the DIBBs model to empower autonomous teams and help them to become more data informed.

Going Online - The Value of a Conference

How do you transition a conference to online but without just doing a webinar? We look at the real customer needs and solutions to satisfy those needs online.

A sneak preview of our first UXDX 2020 Speakers

Introducing the first our our 50+ speakers who will be sharing their knowledge, insights and best practices in product development at UXDX 2020

Getting the most from our research data

We've overhauled our systems to help us shift from being data reactionary to data informed. If you've struggled getting the value from your data hopefully this will help.

10 of the Best Ways to Experience Dublin

Thousand of international attendees will make their way to Dublin on 7-8 October for our fourth annual conference [https://uxdxconf.com/]. To help you get the most out of your experience, we’ve shortlisted some fun activities you should try while visiting the Irish capital. The city is known for its colourful buildings, charming streets, historic architecture and live music. Here’s what you shouldn't miss: Dublin Walking Tour Source: PexelsDublin is the perfect city size to get almost everywh

15 Influential Product Leaders You'll Meet at UXDX 2019

UXDX thrives on its relaxed environment and the abundance of opportunities it creates for networking, collaboration and business opportunities. We’ve always said that what makes our events so great and useful for the audience, is the amazing crowd of product leaders our team carefully research, select and invite. This year we expect over 2000 product, design and dev experts to make their way to Ireland for our 4th annual event where we’ll be discussing the future of software development and how

Breaking down complex problems

Breaking down complex problems is one of the most critical skills required for modern product development. How do you validate an idea before investing too much time and effort?

The Organisational Changes required to support Cross-Functional Product Teams

The functional structure is dominant in most organisations. But like most things in life one-size doesn't fit all. How can companies shift to support cross-functional product development?

The Evolution of Software Delivery

What is THE agile process? What is the difference between projects and products? Learn about the principles and assumptions that underpin software delivery and how they've changed over time.

Remote Working is Here to Stay - How Do You Make It a Success?

As a remote team ourselves, here at UXDX we’re firm believers in the benefits of remote and home working. With new remote jobs websites popping up every month and already extensive research to back the positive impact on productivity that remote working brings, this is not just a hot trend for freelance digital nomads anymore. More and more companies choose to stop competing for talent with fancy downtown offices and instead offer the flexibility of working from wherever you want. Bali? Your l

Why do projects get slower over time? Part 3

This is part three of a three part series on why projects slow down over time. How many times have you heard - or thought to yourself - that things used to be much better before? We used to be able to release quickly but now there is so much overhead and things move at a snail's pace. You're not crazy - things do slow down over time. There are many causes but I'm going to delve into three of the main causes over the next few articles. * Predictability [https://blog.uxdx.com/why-do-projects-

Michael Gough, Vice President of Product Design at Uber, on How to Become a World-Class Designer

Ahead of UXDX 2019, where Michael Gough [https://twitter.com/michaelgough_] will be talking about designing for pattern [https://uxdxconf.com/agenda],  we discussed his career journey so far and what it takes to lead the design team of a tech giant like Uber. Prior to becoming the Vice President of Product Design at Uber, Michael held leadership roles at Microsoft, Adobe and Nike. Read on to find out how he believes the design industry will evolve, what he's looking for when hiring a designer a

Why do projects get slower over time? Part 2

Projects are incentivised to deliver now which leads to cutting corners and increasing complexity. The resulting debt causes delivery to slow down to a crawl over time.

Why do projects get slower over time? Part 1

Measuring projects on time and cost instead of value delivered causes people to optimise for predictability at the expense of speed of delivery and value.

Rashi Khurana, VP of Engineering at Shutterstock, on How She Became an Engineer and How She Manages Fast-growing Dev Teams

With Orbitz Worldwide and Tata Consultancy in her CV, Rashi Khurana [https://twitter.com/rakhurana] is  currently leading the technical teams for the eCommerce platform and the Contributor experience at Shutterstock, New York City. Rashi Khurana [https://twitter.com/rakhurana]Prior to UXDX 2019 [https://uxdxconf.com/agenda] where she will be discussing Emergent Design, she shared with us how she manages successful cross-functional teams, maintains alignment and balances delivery with upskillin

The 6 hidden costs of large waterfall projects

Releasing code requires testing. So releasing more regularly can look more expensive. But this is only if you ignore the costs that large projects impose.

A bad system beats a good person every time

Strict scope management is hurting more than it is helping. Being flexible, where it makes sense, will deliver better products and happier teams.

The Biggest Risk in Software Development

Software projects fails at an alarming rate but that isn't the biggest risk when building a product. Failure to build the right product costs much, much more.

What to Expect at UXDX 2019

For those of you who have never attended one of our events before, our aim for UXDX Conf is to bridge the gap between UX, UI, Dev and Product and help teams transition to user-outcome driven development. We know that in order to break down dated established practices, you need the appetite for change followed by both top down and bottom up support. That’s why we gather speakers from the world's leading tech companies to share how they’re aligning their product teams across their organisations an

Design, Engineering and Management Are Not Enough to Save the Product

Design, product and engineering go together like chocolate, vanilla and strawberries. They’re the three cornerstones for creating exceptional experiences. But are they enough? Richard Dalton [https://twitter.com/mauvyrusset], Head Of Design at Capital One spoke at UXDX2018 on why companies are at risk of failing, and why design, product management and engineering are not enough to save us. Richard started his talk by giving two interesting examples of poor customer service. The first one was

Developer Experience: UXDX Community Trends

We explore the best practices in software delivery while keeping a focus on the outcomes that the product is trying to achieve.

UX Execution: UXDX Community Trends

Focusing on Research, Hypotheses and Prototypes teams can keep innovating towards products that customers love and avoid falling into the feature factory trap.

Agile Transformation: UXDX Community Trends

What is the formula for making an organisation agile? Trust, Purpose and Alignment. Easy! Advice from UXDX Community 2018 sessions.