Articulating Design Decisions, Tom Greever
Articulating Design Decisions, Tom Greever
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Articulating Design Decisions
Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

Author: Tom Greever

Narrator: Ric Chetter

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 04/10/2021


Synopsis

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is.

This practical guide focuses on principles, tactics, and actionable methods for presenting your designs. Whether you design apps, websites, or products, you'll learn how to get support from people who have influence over the project with the goal of creating the best user experience.
Walk through the process of preparing and presenting your designs
Understand stakeholder perspectives and learn how to empathize with them
Cultivate both implicit and explicit listening skills
Learn tactics and strategies for expressing the most effective response to feedback
Create the right documentation for your decisions to avoid repeated conversations
Discover why the way you follow through is just as important as the meeting itself

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caitlin on August 09, 2022

I have really mixed feelings about this book, probably the most out of any UX book I've read. I do recommend it people in design interested in improving their communication skills. However, I think it could have been edited down quite a bit and still gotten the same messages across. I ended up skimm......more

Goodreads review by Julia on March 02, 2016

I skimmed very quickly through chapters 1-4 (and later ch. 6), being disappointed by the triviality of content. Here I'd note that the content probably wouldn't be trivial for a person who is not professionally involved in design. The book is aimed at professional designers, though, and in my view,......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 28, 2021

Did not finish. I gave up after the author alleged that single people without children are pathetic.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 03, 2016

A must read for designers! My favorite thing about this book was that it had a lot of real life examples. I also loved the way that the articulation process was broken down in detailed stages. Tom clearly has a natural gift for articulating design decisions that he has honed through years of experien......more

Goodreads review by Jon on December 14, 2015

Articulating Design Decisions is a thorough, articulate and fun read about the subject of design meetings. The thoughtful way that Tom has approached this topic proves that he's an expert at communicating ideas in a way that others can understand! He's an obvious choice for writing an O'Reilly stand......more