Day 52 - 10 Tips to Critique Design Work and Be Critiqued

Having your design work critiqued can feel stinging. Likewise critiquing someone else's work or providing meaningful feedback can be painful as well as you might be afraid to be honest.
Here are tips for providing relevant feedback.

1. Use formal critiques
2. Set the critique guidelines e.g. goal is to make product better not to personally criticize
3. Set the stage for the critique by reiterating business goals, customer goals, schedule
4. Be candid and specific
5. Tie everything to goals
6. Confirm what works
7. Discuss problems first then propose possible solutions
8. Walk in the customer's shoes and simulate the customer experience
9. Gather feedback and discuss
10. Write down feedback

180 UX Tips in 180 Days

I'm doing a 180 day "don't break the chain" challenge. The objective is to do something, anything for 180 days straight without missing a day. Today is day 1 of my 180 day challenge and I've chosen to read about user experience design, usability, interactions, and UX practices, then write and post a UX tip on the subject each and every day. Off we go!