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TL;DR: Design principles operationalize a team’s values into concrete guidelines that inform the design process. The specific steps we took for developing our own set of principles were: (1) Brainstorming already established principles, inspiration from other teams, and what prevented us from becoming more successful; (2) Revisiting our nine team…

…and its evolving relationship with product design. — TL;DR: Product management, originating from a 1931 memo by Procter & Gamble President Neil H. McElroy, has transformed from the introduction of “Brand Men” to manage products to a crucial partnership with product design. …

TL;DR: In this article, we explore the importance of team values in creating a cohesive and effective strategy for a design team. Team values are the guiding principles that shape a team’s culture and determine how its members interact with each other and stakeholders. Defining them is a collaborative process…

It’s less straightforward than one might think. — This is the second in a series of articles on user experience measurement: Conversion rate & average order value are not UX metrics ☞ So, how can we measure UX? Seven heuristics for identifying proper UX instruments and metrics The precise, quantitative measurement of user experience (UX) based on one…

TL;DR: In this article of our Design Team Strategy series, we explore how to define the most critical topics of a design team’s strategy by brainstorming current and future objectives, clustering them into overarching themes, prioritizing them, and formulating corresponding OGSMs. …

TL;DR: This article focuses on an introduction to the “Strategy House Model”—a visual representation of a team’s strategy, with the mission as the roof, the pillars as the most important topics, and the values as the foundation. …

Last year, my brother gave me Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren’s classic How to Read a Book (Adler & Van Doren*, 2014) as a birthday present (a must-read for everyone who wants to truly read). While the book touches on very much every kind of literature there is…