Experience Modeling: Adapting Process Flows for UX Design

The UX professional’s methods and artifacts have succeeded in finding a decision-influencing place for creativity in the world of business. But when it comes to addressing implementation needs most UX deliverables fall short. In my experience, most development teams and product owners expect UX Designers to engage more deeply with functionality and become familiar with the issues that affect implementation. How to create deliverables that are dev-friendly? How to retain design independence when working with developer-focused, agile-centric teams where design is often an after-thought? How to pro-actively partner with implementation teams? If you’ve struggled with such questions, Experience Modeling could be the solution you seek. It is a 2-step process that involves modeling the interface first and then elaborating every proposed interaction into a process flow.

Bio:
Bhuvana “Bu-va-na” Narayanamurthy is a senior UX Designer working for pkglobal.com. She holds a PhD in Media Studies, specializing in Interactive Media. When she is not playing with analysis, research, modeling or prototyping she can be found cooking elaborate meals or spending time with her numerous container plants.