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Summary
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GUIs (graphical user interfaces) with smart features & advanced UI solutions.
3-min summary video
Busy person’s elevator version
Overview
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Problem
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UX strategy problem statement:
- 1. Users: Frustrated.
- 2. Business: Bleeding money
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3. Software technology: So old
that support for it was fading like everyone’s memory of flipping a floppy disk for more storage.
Problem
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The challenge was clear:
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Problem
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The UX improvements reduced:
- 1. Loremipsm training time from 6-12 months, to 1-3 months (75% reduction).
- 2. Time to complete a task from 20 mins-2 hrs, to 5-45 mins (63%-80% decrease).
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IMPACT
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Project details
My role
Senior UX Designer
- Collaboratively led the reinvention of the lorem ipsum design.
- Responsible for driving the design of specific screens, while actively collaborating with the cross-functional team on the overall lorem ipsum experience.
UX team (9+)
- 4 UXDs (including me)
- 1 UX manager
- 1 writer, 1 editor
- 1 research team lead, 1 research director & client liaison
- Various researchers & subject matter experts
Duration
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Customer
Methods & hard skills I used
Research
- 4 Task analysis (including task model diagrams)
- Developed use case scenarios
- Developed personas
- Stakeholder interviews
- Competitor & industry analysis
Design & prototyping
- Information architecture
- Sketching & wireframing
- Moodboarding
- High-fi prototyping
- UX accessibility
- Visual design
- Interaction design
- Design system
Collaboration, evaluation, iteration
- Storytelling
- Stakeholder feedback sessions
- Design reviews
- Heuristic evaluations
- Usability testing (A/B, guerrilla, & more)
- Cross-functional, multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Version control
Feedback
The deliverable was nothing short of outstanding, reflecting quality and innovation that meets and exceeds the standards of excellence at —Top Leadership, Company Name
[No other ] had a user engagement approach with the pedigree of UX. Creating a user-centered design appears to be the answer to all of the past problems with user acceptance. — Lorem Customer
The ongoing work [on this project] continues to create discriminators for our new business pursuits and, together with the UX process, continues to help us grow our business. —Top Leadership, Company Name
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The question was put to us; could our team turn this extremely complex abcdefghi into something that intelligently helped the abcdefghij,and improved their efficiency, but didn’t get in their way?
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Summary:
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Quick Facts:
8
week user research study
1
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Summary:
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Quick Facts:
5
days
6
main screens
1
List IA doc
produced
4
designers
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“Liz’s synthesis document became a golden reference for the team throughout the project.”
—UX teammate
Artifacts:
Page 1 of IA doc
Page 1 of IA doc
Page 1 of IA doc
The story: Information architecture
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Summary:
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Quick Facts:
34
powerful slides
10 task model diagrams,
5 use case scenarios
5
cross-
functional
teammates
collaborating
1
successful catalyst
Result: Turned research findings into a roadmap that influenced design decisions
“Liz’s synthesis document became a golden reference for the team throughout the project.”
—UX teammate
Artifacts:
Page 1 of IA doc
Page 1 of IA doc
Page 1 of IA doc
The story: research slide deck
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Personas in action: Collaboratively crafted research-based personas to help guide our user-centered design process, and demo our UX solutions
Summary:
Quick Facts:
3
months
4
personas
~80%
of demos
Artifacts:
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Overall UX Solution & Visual Design (XX min read)
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Result
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approx.
75%
Reduction in Training Time
Before:
Legacy system
6–12 months
After:
Redesigned system
1–3 months
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The redesign system was estimated to take up to 3 months to learn (~75% less).
The backstory behind this result:
Before: Legacy Software
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(*The actual software screens were classified, and I never saw them, so this is just a representation of them, based on how they were generally described in the sanitized research data. So none of this shown is classified at all.)
After: Redesigned Software
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2)
Alpha
Viewscreen
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Unit
Handler
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6) Correspo ndence Bet
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The first thing that’s noticeable is the visual styling:
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Summary:
Quick Facts:
4
strong visual designers
1
mood board
1
style guide
100%
satisfaction
Key Outcomes:
Worked out consistency issues
Aligned esign with client’s needs & preferences
Differentiated from competitors
Artifacts:
Early working style guide (a sampling), which later became a design system.
Behind the scenes of a wild visual design journey: Mood board, inspiration audit, competitive research, industry analysis, and style guide later turned design system
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Early working style guide (a sampling),
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lessons learned, en route
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Worked out consistency issues
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
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Summary:
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Quick Facts:
30+
wireframe sketches
1 2
iterations
1
stakeholders& teammates
100%
of user needs
Key Outcomes:
Worked out consistency issues
Aligned esign with client’s needs & preferences
Differentiated from competitors
Artifacts:
Early working style guide (a sampling), which later became a design system.
Behind the scenes of a wild visual design journey: Mood board, inspiration audit, competitive research, industry analysis, and style guide later turned design system
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Early working style guide (a sampling),
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lessons learned, en route
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Worked out consistency issues
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
4
Overall UX Solution & Visual Design (XX min read)
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UX IMPROVEMENT
#1
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Before
After
UX IMPROVEMENT
#2
Elevated the UX with thoughtful accessibility, turned constraints into opportunities, and made color-coded UIs color-independent
Before
After
UX IMPROVEMENT
#3
Before
After
#2
Specific UX Improvement: Lorem ipsum dolor sitme (XX min read)
Elevated the UX with thoughtful accessibility, turned constraints into opportunities, and made color-coded UIs color-independent
Results
from this UX improvement
Proactively ensured UI accessibility compliance without being asked
Thus future-proofing the design to be inclusive from the start and avoiding costly redesigns later.
Increased inclusivity with accessible visuals and flexible controls
Such as using eye-friendly tones, and multiple modes, to reduce operator errors and improve comfort.
Maintained operator efficiency with familiar color-coding
Thus reducing re-training needs in that aspect, and smoothing the transition to the new color system.
Balanced styling with accessibility to meet both visual and functional needs
Such as using shape-based indicators and contrast adjustments.
The backstory behind these results:
Before & After: Software Design
Legacy software
Example of accessibility issues:
Legacy software
Example of accessibility issues:
Before & After: Human Impact
Legacy software
Accessibility issues led to:
Redesigned software
Accessibility solutions resulted in:
Before: Pain Points
The legacy software was very outdated, and because of its age, it did not follow many accessibility (or usability) standards.
The Tough Problem (in 2 sentence)
After: Solutions
The answer:
Accessibility does not make a product ugly, boring, or non-innovative. Rather, it presents design constraints that lead to a better product for all users.
My thought process:
My solution:
With that, I designed the new UI to follow the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). I wanted to ensure that if or when this went through a <123456 12> test process, anything that I had control over with the design, was designed accessibly to the best of my ability at the time.
Example: Specifically how I turned jarring color-coded interfaces into easy, color-independent ones
People really liked, and were used to, the color-coding in the legacy system. For example, on the schedule:
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Backed by that research, I made the design
decision to…
- Used comfortable tones
I used more comfortable tones of the colors, not the pure RGB versions, and ensured they were contrast-compliant with all of their possible backgrounds.
Blue
Cyan Blue
BluYellowe
Warm Yellow
Red
Legible Red
- Prevented visual “screaming”
To prevent the colors from screaming, I didn’t use solid fills on the blocks. On the interface, there are 16+ rows, so that means an average of 30 colored blocks are shown at any given time. When they’re all colored solid that not only makes the UI look wild, but as we all know, when everything is jostling to stand out, nothing is standing out.
Examples of solid-filled blocks:
Examples of solid-filled blocks:
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- Ensured that the color coding was colorblind-friendly
To achieve this, I added shapes to accompany each status color change. This ensures that if an , current or future, is colorblind or gets colors transposed (e.g., red and green), the UIs will remain usable and not the culprit of errors.
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- Color-dependent design
Shown in grayscale, simulating the most severe colorblindness:
Demo
Arm 2 Schedule
03:45 - 04:00
1.00
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What’s the status of each of these task blocks? (You can’t tell.)
Now shown in color:
Arm 2 Schedule
03:45 - 04:00
1.00
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2.07
Statuses are indicated by different colors. Aside from that, all task blocks share the same shape structure. (Not good.)
- Color-independent design
Shown in grayscale:
Arm 2 Schedule
03:45 - 04:00
1.00
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Thanks to unique shapes, the status of each task is distinguishable.
Now shown in color:
Arm 2 Schedule
03:45 - 04:00
1.00
5.76
1.06
2.07
Color is no longer the sole signifier of the visual information.
Color is no longer the one and only signifier. If an person cannot distinguish a color, the shape is the primary signifier that communicates the task’s status.
(Even without a diagnosed medical disability, everyday situations can affect a person’s abilities. When someone uses a blue light filter on their screen it changes the appearance of blue-toned colors, creating a situational challenge similar to a color vision deficiency. This is just one of countless examples.)
Result
See other UX improvements:
UX IMPROVEMENT
#1
Reimagined lorem Ipsum: Replaced trial-and-error with advanced UI solutions for precision and speed, catering to both expert and novice users
UX IMPROVEMENT
#2
Elevated the UX with thoughtful accessibility, turned constraints into opportunities, and made color-coded UIs color-independent
UX IMPROVEMENT
#3
Enhanced situational awareness: Going from 2D awareness and juggling 12 monitors, to now having 4D awareness all on one bar
#1
Specific UX Improvement: Lorem ipsum dolor sitme (XX min read)
Reimagined lorem ipsum : Replaced trial-and-error with advanced UI solutions for precision and speed, catering to both expert and novice users
Results
from this UX improvement
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“Quick actions” positioned at the point of interaction, plus keyboard shortcuts, enable faster workflows with fewer clicks. Less reliance on deep dropdowns improves comfort and speed. By providing only what’s needed when and where it’s needed, the design enhances focus and eliminates side quests to find things.
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Highest-Impact Result
Time to complete XYZ 123456789:
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The backstory behind these results:
Before: Pain Points
Manual, labor-intensive, and error-prone processes. (Representative image)
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Low-fidelity, faulty, and untrustworthy “XYZXYZ 1234567”.
Impact? Jeopardized safety, and caused missed XYZXYZ and XYZYXZ.
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Tedious manual input of XYZXYZ XYZXYZYXZ.
High cognitive load
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The Tough Problem (in 1 sentence)
After: Solutions
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4 specific UX improvements I designed and their impacts
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Pain point:
“Safety is a constant concern [for people ].”
—Researcher shadowing operators
Impact:
- Significantly improved safety and user satisfaction.
- Considerably increased lorem ipsum.
- Reduced errors and improved task accuracy.
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Pain point:
—Researcher shadowing operators
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Impact:
- Significantly improved safety and user satisfaction.
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- Reduced errors and improved task accuracy.
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Pain point in user’s words:
—Operator
Advantages of a circle menu (aka radial/pie menu)
- Fitts’ Law and faster selection – Fitts’ Law states that the time it takes to hit a target depends on the target size and distance. In circle menus, all options are the same distance from the center, minimizing mouse movement time and making them faster than dropdowns for high-frequency actions. (NN/g analysis)
- Muscle memory benefits – The circular arrangement allows users to develop muscle memory for frequently used options, speeding up interactions over time while reducing errors.
- Better ergonomics – Less mouse movement lowers strain, making interactions more comfortable and reducing fatigue over long sessions.
- Space-efficient design – The circular layout takes up less screen space than dropdowns or rectangular menus, making it ideal for compact interfaces and reducing visual clutter.
Impact:
- Significantly improved safety and user satisfaction.
- Considerably increased lorem ipsum.
- Reduced errors and improved task accuracy.
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Pain point in user’s words:
—Operator
Operators aren’t required to memorize lorem.
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Impact:
- Significantly improved safety and user satisfaction.
- Considerably increased lorem ipsum.
- Reduced errors and improved task accuracy.
See other UX improvements:
UX IMPROVEMENT
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Reimagined lorem Ipsum: Replaced trial-and-error with advanced UI solutions for precision and speed, catering to both expert and novice users
UX IMPROVEMENT
#2
Elevated the UX with thoughtful accessibility, turned constraints into opportunities, and made color-coded UIs color-independent
UX IMPROVEMENT
#3
Enhanced situational awareness: Going from 2D awareness and juggling 12 monitors, to now having 4D awareness all on one bar
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Enhanced situational awareness: Going from 2D awareness and juggling 12 monitors, to now having 4D awareness all on one bar
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Results
from this UX improvement
Improved task prioritization and completion rates
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Upgraded situational awareness
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The backstory behind these results:
Before: Pain Points
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The Tough Problem (in 1 sentence)
After: Solutions
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Research-driven improvements: Used interview transcripts, researchers’ notes, and feedback to drive design decisions—(e.g., the priority of what content to put on the situational awareness bar, where, and how)
Summary:
Quick Facts:
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Key Outcomes:
Integrated cross-functional feedback
Aligned evolving design strategies
Reduced friction in user flows
Example: Specifically how I turned jarring color-coded interfaces into easy, color-independent ones
The situational awareness bar on the interface displays:
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Pre-work that backed up my design decisions:
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Pre-work that backed up my design decisions:
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See other UX improvements:
UX IMPROVEMENT
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Reimagined lorem Ipsum: Replaced trial-and-error with advanced UI solutions for precision and speed, catering to both expert and novice users
UX IMPROVEMENT
#2
Elevated the UX with thoughtful accessibility, turned constraints into opportunities, and made color-coded UIs color-independent
UX IMPROVEMENT
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Enhanced situational awareness: Going from 2D awareness and juggling 12 monitors, to now having 4D awareness all on one bar
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Considered
a wide range of hardware interaction options
Explored big(innovation-seeking) ideas with the team
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The story: Interaction/ergonomic design considerations
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
IUsability testing and review meetings: Identified task-specific needs, which informed adaptable controls
Discovered
through usability testing that...
Learned that, despite my initial assumptions...
The story: Insights from usability testing and reviews
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged
Collaboratively
wrote scenarios
Stepped into the operators’ shoes (figuratively)
The story: How I utilized use case scenarios
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How was the redesign of XYZ received?
The abcdef customer was absolutely blown away; saying that our approach was unlike that of any other contractors they’d worked with.
They were impressed with the comprehensive user research behind our UX design work.
They praised how we translated all the interviews and observations into intuitive interfaces.
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Personal responsibility & teamwork
I have a strong sense of personal responsibility for the work I do.
I put everything I can into making my work as amazing as possible.
But, teamwork was truly vital.
This success would not have been possible without the incredible teamwork and collaboration of my co-workers and stakeholders.
I am grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such a talented, supportive, and trusting team.
I think that trait is what allowed me topower through the uncertainty to figure out the root problems to solve.
Then put pencil to paper to solve them.
I believe that feedback is a gift.
Lessons I learned
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For any forms of testing you want to do (e.g., accessibility, etc.), you have to do them along the way (as heart-pounding as that sounds considering you’re already staring down the barrel of the deadline). But there will not be time “at the end.”
I learned that I have a knack for asking questions off-the-cuff. This happened during a later evolution of when I joined a 3-day, unscripted, user interview session in San Diego to help another team’s UXer, . I thought I’d just be his note-taking sidekick (I had no interview training), but by the end, said he couldn’t have done it without me. He told my boss I was incredible at asking the right questions on the fly, engaging with interviewees, and asking smart follow-ups. “Liz had an uncanny ability to get down to the root of what the person knew and thought.” —, UXer from another team, in an email to my boss
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It was due to that monumental that I had the privileged opportunity to design something that would empower teams across the globe to expertly manage, and successfully complete, their most ambitious .
Final thoughts from others
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