A look into some practices behind microsoft UX management

  • Authors:
  • Agnieszka (Aga) Szóstek

  • Affiliations:
  • ICACS, SWPS & OPI, Warsaw, Poland

  • Venue:
  • CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This study aimed to acquire an excerpt of insights about UX management practices at Microsoft research and development departments. Related work points out at a two-fold role of UX managers. They are responsible for fostering their team to become independent and self-manageable. Furthermore, their job concerns raising awareness about the value of the user-centered design approach within their organization. This article describes a number of strategies applied at Microsoft Redmond to achieve these two objectives. The described management practices could serve as a guideline helping other UX managers to run their teams and propagate UX values within their organizations.