![]() ![]() ![]() Note: When the tools have nearly identical features needed to complete a task, the win will go to the tool that is easier to use and provides faster delivery. We’ll score each tool based on how well it performs everyday design tasks out of the box- without plugins, add-ons, or third-party apps. Axure by Axure Software Solutions based in San Diego, California.Figma runs on any operating system via a browser. Figma by Figma based in San Francisco, California.Sketch by Bohemian Coding based in Hague, NL.Here’s a quick overview of the competitors: Instead of listing all of their features in a comparison table, we’ll determine their effectiveness with a task-based review. However, the performance of these tools varies depending on the design task at hand. Three of the tools featured, Sketch, Figma, and Axure, have generated loyal followings because they excel at specific jobs within the UX design workflow. In a recent Toptal infographic: “ The Best UX Tools,” we examined the wide array of digital design tools on the market, most of which are capable of assisting in the day to day tasks of the individual UX designer. To “play” Matan’s resume, you can check it out here. If we can use it earlier in the discovery process, we can build and explore the best designs for users. I’m trying to implement prototyping more with the different people and companies that I talk to. ![]() I got so many tips from people, and all the feedback was quick and valuable. The ability to share the preview or the link to my demo helped me. Overall, building it out was a great lesson, improved my level of experience, and it was great to apply all the feedback I received. Some people liked my resume project, some people ignored it, and some people didn’t like it. Almost like a game in itself I really enjoy it. It was a great feeling to be able to solve different problems while prototyping. I used dynamic panels to test different experiences and see what was working. I use it in almost everything because I could do almost anything with it. ![]() I learned a lot about design throughout the process, and it really changed the way that I work. I would try one thing one way and then figure out a new way to do things, so there were a lot of iterations. I had some difficulties at first because I was building my first product –on my own– with a tool that was new to me. I started this project with some of the basic knowledge from my courses, but I also learned so much from the forums, Axure documentation, YouTube, and tons of feedback from people I took my courses with. The idea is that as long as they read my CV, my prototype, they will get points. So I decided to bring in some incentives as a gamification idea. Not just glance and look for buzzwords, but really see it on their phone and engage. I wanted my audience to really read my resume. First, I asked myself, “who are my users, my target audience?” To avoid the HR resume pile, I decided to target the VP, or person in a company that can evaluate a product. It was the beginning of the pandemic, and I had a lot of time to work on it. To stand out, I needed to do something to take the value that I learned from the course and try to do it in an out-of-the-box way. The CV ProjectĪs I was putting my CV together for a new job after my UX course, I understood that for any product manager position, you’re competing against hundreds of other CVs in the pile. I’m not a developer or programmer, so I was excited that I didn’t need to write any code to build a product that felt so real, all on my own. But I also found myself exploring different ways to design and build things. It was mind-blowing for me, because I could build my visions in a very realistic way. We actually started learning Axure in our first lesson, and so I was practicing with it right away. In my UX course, we started exploring prototyping with Axure. From there, I can apply this knowledge to make our product easier to use, more supportive, and empowering for them. I wanted to understand the motivations and the things that users need. For me to be great at my job, it helps if I understand the mental model of a user, what they can do in each task, and how each point is in a different situation. I enrolled in a UX course with a strong cognitive psychology aspect. After my first role, I decided to start exploring UX to help me communicate my vision for our product. His project serves as a way to demonstrate his newly learned UX and Axure skills, as he explored new employment opportunities. We chatted with Matan, a Product Manager that recently expanded his skill set to include UX. ![]()
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