If you can place your core offering firmly at the center of your design, then all other elements in the site help both the users and the business reach their goals.
Kalbach and Lindemann show how the Core+Paths method keeps the design focused on your goals.
Designing from the inside out
Many agile teams can’t develop good user experiences because UX just isn’t integrated well enough. With the UX Integration Matrix, Jon Innes helps involve UX in every possible part of the agile process.
The User Experience Integration Matrix
Design patterns are not always the right answer. With limited resources, the better approach is to reach outside the design group to solve the whole problem.
In a world of limited resources, code beats pictures
Alignment diagrams bring actions, thoughts, and people together to address the causes of poor experience at their root. James Kalbach shows how designers can use this tool to solve business problems and have real business impact.
Focusing the business on shared value
Most designers will soon be asked to design transitions. Greg Nudelman helps us prepare by examining the principles behind a good animation, showing how to sketch them out, and explaining how to document them effectively for development.
[Book excerpt] Building a library isn’t trivial and may not be right for your organization. Nathan Curtis examines the questions you to ask before building a design library.
The Big Questions to Ask Before Building a Pattern or Component Library
Aaron Travis explores the importance of using sketchy wireframes early in the project
cycle. He then discusses the conversion of computer-based sketches into traditional wireframes and includes an analysis of “sketchy” capabilities of popular software tools.”
When you can't (or shouldn't) draw a straight line
Peter Gremett shows how using a wiki to capture your design is a great way to be adaptive as you build and deliver product
in Agile environments.
How your design team can benefit from wiki collaboration while avoiding its pitfalls
Patrick Stapleton takes a look at some of the world’s most popular pattern libraries and presents the case for a standard approach to documentation and categorization.
Will Evans stalked and captured Erin Malone, Christian Crumlish, and Lucas Pettinati to talk about design patterns, pattern libraries, styleguides, and innovation.
An Interview with Erin Malone, Christian Crumlish, and Lucas Pettinati