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Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 15

Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment

A model for empowering your developers to achieve more — Lately, I’ve been hearing from a lot of organizations about their desire to increase the productivity of their developer teams. Every company is now a software company and it’s clear that the industry is in short supply of talented developers and technologists who can help companies achieve their “digital transformation”. …

Product Development

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Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment
Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·May 21, 2021

Moment Makers

How the best UX researchers engineer moments by design This post is from a presentation I gave at UXR Day 2021, an internal conference for UX researchers at Microsoft. When reflecting on our time cultivating Customer-Driven Engineering in the Developer Division at Microsoft, there has been an important lesson we’ve…

UX

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Moment Makers
Moment Makers

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jan 14, 2021

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation

A list of tips for facilitating any group activity — Collaboration is an imperative skill in any workforce. However, being able to facilitate groups toward successful collaboration, is a skill that can make you a superstar in any organization. Whether you’re organizing business strategy or an office potluck (remember those before the pandemic?), …

Facilitation

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Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation
Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation

Sep 22, 2020

Integrative Research

Using integrative thinking to improve the “heartbeat” of customer, product, and business development — In the Developer Division at Microsoft, we embrace a model of building products we call Customer-Driven Engineering. It’s a process that focuses on reducing the distance between product teams and their customers, by coaching them in the art of user research and design-thinking. …

UX

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Integrative Research
Integrative Research

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jul 31, 2020

Customer-Driven Engineering

Part 2 of 2: The Process — This post is part 2 of 2 in a blog series. If you haven’t already read part 1, you can find here. Customer-Driven Engineering (CDE) is a culture and product development process that has been cultivated within the Developer Division (DevDiv) at Microsoft; the division responsible for creating tools and…

User Research

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Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 2: The Process
Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 2: The Process

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jul 28, 2020

Customer-Driven Engineering

Part 1 of 2: The Culture — I grew up with Microsoft. As a kid, I remember using MSDOS to help my brother launch a pre-Internet BBS from our childhood bedroom. After college, I used Microsoft Visual Studio and ASP.NET to build websites for my first real career job at a children’s hospital. …

User Research

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Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 1: The Culture
Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 1: The Culture

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 18, 2020

Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning

This is part 3 of 3 in a series where I’ll share our learnings in transforming an in-person workshop into one that was run completely online. In my first post I discussed our strategies and goals for transitioning our in-person workshop to a remote workshop. …

UX Research

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Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning
Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 17, 2020

Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology

This is part 2 of 3 in a series where I’ll share our learnings in transforming an in-person workshop into one that was run completely online. In the previous post, we discussed our goals for running a remote workshop. One of our biggest goals was to create a fun, vibrant…

UX Research

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Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology
Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology

Published in UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 15, 2020

Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 1: The Challenge

This is part 1 of 3 in a series where I’ll share our learnings in transforming an in-person workshop into one that was run completely online. Introduction One of the coolest things we’ve been able to build in DevDiv to support our Customer-Driven Engineering culture is an onboarding workshop for all…

UX Research

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Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 1: The Challenge
Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 1: The Challenge

Jan 27, 2019

Book Notes: The Power of Moments

NOTE: This article was originally posted on the Notes for Growth blog. This is a blog where our team shares notes on the books we’ve read. The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact is an exploration of the characteristics of memorable and impactful moments. Through moving and…

Leadership

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Book Notes: The Power of Moments
Book Notes: The Power of Moments
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