ROI Is Not a Silver Bullet: Five Actionable Steps for Valuing User Experience Design

How can design managers use valuation methodology to better increase their visibility and position themselves as a strategic corporate resource? Here are five steps that will help.

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User Experience Accountability: Assessing Your Impact on Business Results

So often, user-experience designers are held accountable for process objectives. A successful project is one that meets budgets, deadlines, and specifications. There's a problem with measuring success this way-process-objective metrics don't really tell you how good you are at developing a strong user experience, only whether you completed the job specifications efficiently.

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