Poll: most difficult situation for UX designers?
Vote on the hardest situations you face
One goal of this book is to talk about the real situations that make being a designer difficult. These scenarios often have little to do with design talent or knowledge. Instead it’s about team culture and how the organization works (or doesn’t work!).
We’re convinced designers face the same frustrating patterns perennially and we’re generally unprepared for them. Instead of wishing they would magically go away, we need to teach ourselves how to recognize and overcome - and that’s what this book is about.
Of these five situations, which one is the most difficult that you have actually experienced in your career?
Two bonus requests:
If your situation isn’t listed: help us out by leaving us a comment so we can learn from you?
If you want to explain your vote, we’re all ears. I’ll reply to any comment or question.
#6: there's no track record of believable evidence that design has added more value than it's cost.
"Decisions are made without you" was my vote, but that could just as easily be seen as designers not taking enough accountability. While I see it as a persistent organizational problem, I also think we designers have a lot of responsibility in how it became that way by not properly defining our work and being willing to take accountability for our proposals (in business terms). I think this ties in closely to Andrew's comment on evidence for cost/benefit.