UX Terms & Definitions

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advertising agency

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teams of creatives hired by clients to build marketing campaigns

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assets

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everything from the text and images to the design specifications, like font style, color, size and spacing

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brand identity

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the visual appearance and voice of a company

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design sprint

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a time bound process, with 5 phases typically spread over five full 8 hour days. the goal is to answer critical business questions through designing, prototyping, and testing ideas with users.

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design studio

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one stop shop for the look of brands, products and services

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design thinking framework

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a way to create solutions that address a real user problem and are functional and affordable. 1. empathize 2. define 3. ideate 4. prototype 5. test

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empathy

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the ability to understand someone else’s feelings or thoughts in a situation

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end user

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the specific audience a UX designer creates something for

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five elements of design framework

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steps a designer takes to turn an idea into a working product. 1. strategy 2. scope 3. structure 4. skeleton 5. surface (5s). each element refers to a specific layer involved in creating the user experience

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framework

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creates the basic structure that focuses and supports the problem you’re trying to solve, like an outline for a project

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generalist

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a UX design with a broad number of responsibilities

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information architecture

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the framework of a website or how its organized, categorized and structured

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interaction designer

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focus on designing the experience of a product and how it functions

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iteration

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doing something again, bu building on previous versions and making tweaks

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motion designers

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think about what It feels like for a user to move through a product

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platform

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the media that users experience your product on

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product

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a good, service or feature

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production designer

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make sure first and final designs match in the finished product materials and that the assets are ready to be handed off to the engineering team

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prototype

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an early model of a product that demonstrates functionality

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responsive web design

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allows a website to change automatically depending on the size of the device

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retrospective

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a collaborative critique of the teams design sprint

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specialist

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a designer who dives deep into one particular type of user experience, like interaction design, visual design or motion design

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sprint brief

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a document that you share with all your attendees to help them prepare for the sprint

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t-shaped designer

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a designer who specializes in one kind of user experience and has a breadth of knowledge in other areas

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user

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any person who uses a product

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user-centered design

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puts the user front and center

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user experience

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how a person, the user, feels about interacting with, or experiencing, a product

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UX engineer

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translate the design's intent into a functioning experience

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UX program manager

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ensure clear and timely communication so that the process of building a useful product moves smoothly from start to finish.

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ux research

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understand users and learn about their backgrounds, demographics, motivations, pain points, emotions and life goals.

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UX researcher

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a type of researcher that conducts studies or interviews to learn about the users of a product and how people use a product

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UX writers

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create the language that appears throughout a digital product, like websites or mobile apps

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visual designers

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focus on how the product or technology looks

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wireframe

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an outline or sketch of a product or a screen

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UX designers help to make technology...

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easier to understand and more enjoyable to use

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UX is about

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usable, equitable, enjoyable, useful

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product development life cycle

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brainstorm, define, design , test, launch

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equitable

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the design is helpful to people with diverse abilities and backgrounds. addresses the needs of a diverse audience and ensures a high quality experience to all users regardless of background, gender, race, ability.

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end user

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specific audience a UX designer creates something for

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goals of UX

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easy to use, product is equitable, does it delight the user, does it solve the users problem

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lean UX framework

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think. make. check. -> principles = move forward, stay curious, test ideas in the real world, externalize your ideas, embrace radical transparency

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double diamond framework

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discover the problem, define the problem, develop solutions for the problem, deliver the product. iterative not linear

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four Cs of designing for multiple platforms

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consistency, continuity, context & complementary

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universal design

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the process of creating one product for users with the widest range of abilities and in the widest range of situations

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inclusive design

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making design choices that take into account personal identifiers like ability, race, economic status, language, age and gender

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equity-focused design

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take the idea of inclusive design one step further and the goal is to uplift groups that have been excluded historically

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equity

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providing different levels of opportunity and support for each person in order to achieve fair outcomes

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social model of disability

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defines a disability as being caused by the way society is organized or how products are designed rather than a persons ability or difference.

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3 types of disabilities

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permanent, temporary or situational

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assistive technology

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used to describe any products, equipment, or systems that enhance learning, working and daily living for people with disabilities. AT for short.

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5 phases of design sprint

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understand the scope of the design challenge, ideate possible solutions, decide on the most viable solution, create a workable prototype, test the prototype with actual users