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Scaling UX in
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AUG 24, 2016
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COLLABORATIVE DESIGN FOR PRODUCT TEAMS
● Wireframe, prototype, user test, & more.
● Get feedback & co-design in real time.
● Import and scale your design system.
● Create visual specs for developer handoff.
Jason Culbertson
Design Manager, Airbnb
@jculbertson
PART 1
The Age of UX Design
YouTube
Vimeo
Flickr
Android
Fab
LevelMoney
Polar
Ultravisual
WillCall
Beats
Readmill
Simple
Sold
Tumblr
Pulse
Mailbox
Foodspotting
Forrst
Behance
Acrylic Software
Sparrow Mail
Slideshare
Instagram
OMGPOP
Posterous
Gowalla
Hunch
Push Pop Press
Daytum
About.me
Songza
Mint
27 Startups that were cofounded by
designers have been acquired since 2010.
From John Maeda, Design in Tech Report 2015
From John Maeda, Design in Tech Report 2015
QUESTION
How do we scale design?
The Age of UX Design
Evan Sharp
Co-founder, Pinterest
Create a UX
design playbook
PART 2
The UX Hierarchy
So...how do you build a UX team while managing quality? Let’s
start by defining a UX design framework or hierarchy.
What makes UX
so hard to scale?
Design structures
have breaking points
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs
Scaling UX in Organizations
Scaling UX in Organizations
UX Tools
Team Structure
Communication
Culture
Design
Actualization
TIER 1
UX Tools
UX Hierarchy
Scaling UX in Organizations
Scaling UX in Organizations
Scaling UX in Organizations
Scaling UX in Organizations
Scaling UX in Organizations
TIER 2
Team Structure
UX Hierarchy
Team structure inflection points
1-10 10-25 25-50 50-100
Davey Nguyen
Design Lead, Gusto
Outcome1
Outcome2
Outcome3
Outcome4
Outcome5
Outcome6
Outcome7
Outcome8
Design Language Team
Production Design Team
Outcome1
Outcome2
Outcome3
Outcome4
Outcome5
Outcome6
Outcome7
Outcome8
TIER 3
Communication
UX Hierarchy
“Every time a design team doubles in size you
have to relearn how to communicate.”
Joel Califa, Product Design Lead @ Digital Ocean
Design Meetings
● Standup / daily scrum
● Outcome leads (weekly)
● Design leads (monthly)
● Demo w/engineering (weekly)
● Outcome design crits (weekly)
● Design team share (bi-weekly)
● One-on-ones (bi-weekly)
Design Meetings
1-10 10-25 25-50
Standup/dailyscrum
Standup/dailyscrum
Outcomeleads
Designleads
Demo
Outcomecrit
Designteamcrit
Standup/dailyscrum
Outcomeleads
Demo
Outcomecrit
Demo
Outcomecrit
TIER 4
Design Culture
UX Hierarchy
Design Culture
● Design led companies or design simply at
the table.
● Physical space that you work in
● Design preached and shared across the
company
● Celebrate success
● Team offsite quarterly
Alex Schleifer
VP Design, Airbnb
SCALING UX
In Conclusion
UX Tools
Team Structure
Communication
Culture
Design
Actualization
Thanks!

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