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You know that design defines the success of most software products. And software development discovers new ways of using design for various products. I speak of design for websites and applications. There is no great application without elements of style and ease of use. The effectiveness of the application is measured by the optimal combination of functionality and appeal. Visual communication must be simple, intuitive and attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that is worth it! Because the design and implementation of effective applications can have profound and positive implications for productivity, efficiency, accuracy, and satisfaction in a wide range of environments, from entertainment to medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key to the successful design of an application is not a good idea or a good feature: it all comes down to the user experience (UX) and the user interface (UI). No matter how good your idea is if the application looks horrible and impossible to use easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are developing a web or mobile application<\/strong>, one of the main things you need to do things right is how your application looks and feels. For example, if your field is e-commerce, a poorly designed application will lose many potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, what does the user of the application first see when he opens the application? The first thing the user sees is the landing page. What is a landing page? This is a starting point from which the user understands whether the application or a site will meet their requirements and meet their needs. It must be attractive and contain some call-to-action buttons so the user knows what to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, the UI and UX designer<\/strong><\/a> is the same person who is in charge of the entire design process. But let’s discuss each type of design separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UX (User Experience<\/strong><\/a>) design is the process of creating products, systems or services that provide meaningful and relevant experiences for users. This implies the design of the entire product acquisition and integration process, including aspects of the brand, design, usability, and function. It also includes significant and valuable aspects of person-computer interaction and product ownership. UX manages the content architecture and site map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a spoiler, I would like to say that the UI (User Interface) design that we have already talked about in previous article, is an important aspect of the UX design, it is a subset of it. Because the UX design covers a wide range of other areas. Information Architecture is the second most viable aspect of UX design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UX design helps users achieve goals. It does not focus only on the creation of usable products but also covers the other aspects of the user experience, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until now, the good user experience is one that meets the needs of a particular user in the specific context where the target audience uses the product. The UX design is user-centered \u200a: the user type defines the type of design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is why the design of UX is dynamic and is constantly modified over time due to changing circumstances of use and changes in individual systems, the context of use in which they can be found, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main task of UX design is to create products that can be adapted to meet the specific needs of a user, but that provide predictable functionality. In other words, UX Design is to study user behavior and understand user motivations to design better digital experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s talk about the main requirements for the design of UX. What should be the perfect design of the user experience? The answer to this question can be presented as the list of UX design requirements that must be met at different levels. These levels form the UX design pyramid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hierarchy is one of the best tools of designers to help users move through a product easily. It includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n a). Information architecture (the way content is organized in the application or site).<\/p>\n\n\n\n b). Visual hierarchy (which helps users navigate more easily within a section or page).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In most cases, it could be achieved using a formal set of guidelines on how to design products for a particular device or format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Request confirmation of any important or irreversible action to avoid errors that the user may accidentally commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Undo’, ‘back’, ‘search’ buttons of User Control, as well as keyboard shortcuts, are an excellent way to give the user control over a website or application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is crucial to make the product easy to use by as many people as possible. The UX design must remove obstacles for people when they use the product, whether those obstacles are temporary or more permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UX design balances business, people and technology. While it is true that a product cannot succeed without a healthy business, a company cannot succeed without a happy customer, and it is the UX Designer’s job to make the customer happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, there are many things involved in the design of UX. The full UX Stack consists of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the user interface part does not go first. The design of UX begins with the identification of a problem through user research. It makes no sense to solve problems that users don’t care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply put, the steps of the UX design process are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UX design process can be described within several of the most popular UX design approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, there are three well-known approaches to the UX design process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A classic UX design process is usually taught in universities and built using the waterfall methodology. Here is the classic UX design process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there is also the other approach to the UX design process that appeared in 2013 because the classic UX design process was incompatible with agile development. The new design process called Lean UX and allowed UX to operate within the agile cone of uncertainty and quickly update the designs based on user feedback. The design experience was brought back in harmony with product development<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply put, Lean UX is a set of principles based on the agile methods of ‘Lean Startup’, where the focus is taken to the present. Instead of launching design deliveries on the wall, the teams accept that a final design cannot be created in advance, and they believe that the answers will arise as the hypotheses are tested with the development of MVP (Minimum Viable Product). The Lean UX design process can be described as a ‘build, measure and learn’ cycle, or a ‘think, do, verify’ cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, the Lean UX design process seemed to be inefficient when a product plan was not well defined, resulting in significant waste and rework.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTo add value to the work of UI and UX designers, here you can find some interesting comparisons of UI vs UX:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What is UX Design?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Principles of UX and full UX stack<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The objectives at each level of the UX design pyramid could be achieved by following the main UX design principles:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Hierarchy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Consistency<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Confirmation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
User controls<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Accessibility<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A complete UX design<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
UX design process<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Below, you can find an overview of the main approaches to the UX design process.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Main approaches to the UX design process.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n