Fixers of Big Messes
From umbrella topics like UX or Taxonomy to more specific terms like Enterprise Content Management or Pre-cart Findability, design comes in when someone has a big mess and they need help fixing it.
Perspectives
E-Commerce Lessons Learned
Gary Carlson and Bram Wessel recently spoke about lessons that Factor team members have learned through various e-Commerce engagements.
Essential Assessments for Designing Enterprise Taxonomy
Designing a taxonomy is the process of defining its structure. It details how different relationships will be used, formatting of the labels, and the attributes that will be associated with each term and relationship. The design process is also the right time to consider the governance and maintenance procedures for the taxonomy along with the technical implementation considerations.
Big Data, Hard Content: Challenges from Startup to Enterprise
Big Data offers the promise of prediction but the focus on data and processing may prevent us from confronting our real challenges in the information space. Why considering Hard Content may lead to implementation worthy innovation.
Beyond the labels: The right taxonomy for your project
At the end of the day, taxonomies are a means to an end and are rarely valuable on their own. They’re the bridge in the conversation between a business and its customers, an information system and its users.
Crossing the Chasm with Design Workshops: How to get clients involved.
Conducting design workshops in professional settings poses an entirely different set of challenges than educational settings. Create an environment where clients can get involved and see results.
Design Workshops: A Collaboration Challenge that Leads to Innovation
Conducting a design workshop can help bring stakeholders together to iterate potential solutions from within their business context. Every workshop brings new lessons on how to improve collaboration and better design experiences.
Learning by Teaching: User Experience Builds Community of Practice
Teaching User Experience at the School of Visual Concepts, Factor’s Bram Wessel learns how UX is growing to meet design challenges with innovation and a rich practitioner community.
User Experience and Taxonomy Collaborations Promise Actionable Information Models
Taxonomy Boot Camp 2013 demonstrates how the User Experience discipline is helping taxonomists get better results for users. From design techniques to testing, these communities are learning, and growing, together.