The secret of valuable UX projects: producer values

Based on empirical research, many IT projects don’t seem to be a success from a business perspective. Goals were not achieved, budgets were exceeded, user needs were not Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 7 min read

Upgrading from feature driven to value-driven development

Companies large and small are adopting agile ways of working in activities closest to the customer: innovation, customer experience, sales and servicing, and product Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 5 min read

An introduction to value driven design

Value driven design is a design framework of processes that product owners and designers can use to make a product or service valuable to all its stakeholders. Put Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 6 min read

The best UX tools for designers working from home

In my first UX-Designer job, I was given a Windows laptop and a license-key for AxureRP and Balsemiq. Which took some getting used to. Educated in a Macintosh Read More

Jos Wouda | 8 min read

How you can communicate with your remote user

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Jos Wouda | 8 min read

Career paths for designers

As UX design as a field is maturing, so are the insights into UX positions. A UX designer was always able to grow into a senior UX designer, but other options weren't Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 5 min read

A lot of user stories are not user stories

We really like user stories, because they put the user in the center of the development cycle. However, in a lot of projects, user stories are not used as they are Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 4 min read

Buyer values in the design process

Designers are stars in developing brilliant solutions to clients' digital problems. But exactly which problems they are solving is not always clear. When you ask the Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 5 min read

UX design maturity as a choice for strategic growth

The days when companies viewed UX design simply as cosmetic change are long gone. Today UX design is a vital strategic choice that helps companies grow. Building the Read More

Hans Kemp | 2 min read

The best UX Designers have these skills

Just a few of the skills that the best UX Designers have mastered: UX Concept creation, flow design, structure design, interview proficiency and stakeholder management. Read More

Iwan Cuijpers | 7 min read