The 5 Competencies of UX Design
Steve Psomas describes the 5 Competencies of UX Design in UX Matters.
- IA
- IxD
- Usability Engineering
- Visual Design
- Prototype Engineering
For each he outlines the questions to ask yourself and the options for doing the groundwork and delivering the output. The author advises using these competencies to help determine you strengths and weaknesses and as an individual and as a team.
If you, like me, are deep into making design decisions day after day, you might at times become disoriented and need to realign your thinking about the appropriateness and purpose of the task at hand. It’s important that we come up for air once in a while, not only in the midst of creating our deliverables, but also when managing our time and our team’s expectations.
Our industry is at a crossroads, scrambling to adjust to the demand for richness in Web applications. Design principles, processes, tools, and resources are changing, too. So, now we need to clarify the value of UX design and the competencies it offers to the greater product development process.
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