The document discusses UX debt, which is the accumulation of design decisions that negatively impact users. It describes identifying, classifying, and addressing UX debt. UX debt can be intentional from decisions like focusing on new features or unintentional from mistakes. The document outlines classifying UX debt into technical, functional, behavioral, and visual categories. It provides steps for prioritizing and scheduling addressing UX debt and recommends usability research, modularity, and documentation to avoid UX debt.
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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today: Managing UX Debt
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Managing UX Debt
Jack Moffett
Manager App Development ¨C GUI
CDG, a Boeing Company
@jackmo?ett
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2. UX debt is the
accumulation of
decisions made
during design and
development that
negatively impact
the users of a
product or service.
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The Big 3: Acquisition, Outsourcing, Neglect
Intentional Debt
Resistance to change
Incremental enhancement
Focusing on new features
Focusing on customer requests
Focusing on time to market
Focusing on backwards compatibility
Unintentional Debt
Mistakes and laziness
Lack of design
Lack of empowerment
Separation of design & dev
Too many cooks
Customer inef?ciencies
8. Sources
intentional debt should be planned for.
Unintentional debt should be guarded
against. Establish practices and processes.