Friday, August 23, 2013

Meeting principles

In every meeting -
- Always have an agenda
- Set expectations at the beginning of the meeting
- Keep in mind - how much to brainstorm, when to stop and shortlist, when to take decisions
- Bring back the discussion if its moves off track
- Summarize the takeaways at the end
- Mention next steps, clarify overall direction, repeat decisions
- Keep end target (goals) in mind all the time, no matter how much down the rabbit hole you go, never get lost
- Ensure the discussion aids decision making

UX principles for the best wireframes

Principles -
- Alignments
- Fonts
- Symmetry
- Consistency
- Focus (primary action, secondary action), limit choices
- Steady theme or style
- Color theory, light borders etc., controlled use of contrast
- Iconography, Images
- Indication of status
- Ease of use in functionality
- Making use of industry trends/standards i.e. learned user behaviors (from Google, Linked in etc.)
- Showing error states
- Guiding the user - explicitly or implicitly (Affordances) to avoid errors in the first place
- Provide information relevant to context
- Simplicity - Number of action areas, number of options displayed at a time
- Minimizing redundancy in functionality (not having multiple copies of the same thing)
- High readability - Fonts, Typography
- Gestalt perception