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A philosophy that companies should take a user-centred approach to design, making sure they focus on the customer's needs and not on their company's needs. UX designers need to figure out what users want before building something and not after. They must also ask themselves if including "features" will provide any value to the product or service.
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A triad is a group of three colours that are equally spaced on the colour wheel.
The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.
The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.
Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.
A process that involves assigning people to work on different parts of the design and making sure that they focus on one area at a time. This method is an excellent way to release products more quickly and with higher quality.
The most common types of agile methods are Scrum, Kanban, XP and Agile Modeling. It can often be difficult for companies to make the switch because it requires significant changes in how product development occurs.
The process of a new user being brought in to a new product. The design for this process aims to have an effective, efficient, and engaging user experience.
The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.
An iterative process that designers use to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine the problems to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding. Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well as a collection of hands-on methods.