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How Mature is Your Organization when it Comes to UX?
Every organization has its own goals, processes, techniques, and teams—each with special characteristics. They are all important to consider when incorporating user experience, but it's also crucial to gauge the maturity level of an organization.
Last year my company, Keikendo, presented a model to identify the maturity level of user experience within an organization. The product of over 10 years of shared experience in organizations of different sizes and types across markets, we call it the Keikendo Maturity Model.
What we're looking for are barriers to the adoption of user experience within an organization, and the model describes 20 barriers clustered on five levels:
- Unintentional
- Self-Referential
- Expert
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- Distributed
It is possible that the 20 barriers do not cover all situations in all organizations, but they do address the most common barriers that occur at each level. Let's have a look at the five levels and the best tools for working through them.
1. Unintentional
For organizations at this level, user experience isn´t treated proactively but emerges as a consequence of certain business goals and IT constraints. The most common barriers here are ignorance and rejection: there are no resources with knowledge of user experience or they do not have intentions of incorporating it because they think it isn´t worth it.
Tools for advancement: Training, formal (courses, events, etc.) or informal (internal presentations, lectures, etc.).
2. Self-Referencial
At this level, organizations design products as if their users think and act just like they do. Users are fictional and often idealized, and they don´t really participate in the design process. UX can begin to be part of the organization´s public communications but, in general, it's no more than a slogan. The common barriers at this level are budget, time, and resource constraints.
Tools for advancement: User testing is the most powerful tool for overcoming resistance at this level. While observing real people using a product or interface, preconceptions begin to crumble and it's possible to discover where and why they are failing.
3. Expert
At this level there emerges one person or a small team within the organization focused on user experience. It's possible that some user tests have been done but they are rare and not methodologically strict.
The common barriers at this level are formalization, expansion, and deepening of the process. The UX technique that has been implemented can not be a consistent part of the design process. On the other hand, it is difficult to replicate it in other projects and even incorporate other complementary techniques.
Tools for advancement: Quantification of user testing to measure results and compare projects where UX techniques were applied to those where they were not.
4. Centralized
Organizations that are at this level have a user experience team consisting of at least three roles: interaction design, information architecture, and usability. Several UX techniques are applied and user testing is a consistent part of the design process.
The common barriers are issues are related to UX team scalability. The value of UX has increased and different departments within the organization ask for more resources and better skills, but it is difficult for the UX team to meet these demands; generally because UX is still an internal service instead of a strategic area with its own budget.
Tools for advancement: At this level is very important that UX metrics are linked to KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to expose the impact that UX provides.
5. Distributed
User Experience is at the same level as Marketing or Finance. UX is part of the organizational culture and participates in the phases of discovery, design, and development for products and services.
The common barriers here usually show up in the consolidation phase of UX as a strategic area within the organization. In general, barriers arise due to generational issues and the ignorance of senior executives, including the CEO.
Tools for advancement: Show how User Experience improves ROI (Return On Investment).
Gaining Maturity
Maturity progresses one level at a time. If an organization has a UX environment that is Self-Referential, they won't be able to skip ahead to the Distributed level without moving through the levels in between, gaining skills and overcoming barriers. Because each level requires the integration of knowledge, skills, specific profiles, and changes to internal processes, the process can last for years.
To achieve higher levels of maturity two important things must change within an organization:
- Organization goals
- Power balance
Changing organizational goals involves incorporating new variables into the economic and financial business equation by putting the focus on users. As the product and service development cycle changes, an organization begins to think about the design of products with users in the center of the process, actively involving them from discovery and research phases, through design, development, and support. The organization understands that users are the most important variable to achieving their business goals.
The organization understands that users are the most important variable to achieving business goals
Altering the balance of power requires changes that affect all organization levels, particularly middle management and directors including the CEO. These changes also require the participation of users in the decision-making process, which can limit management's control. In organizations that are strongly self-centered in the CEO, CTO, or any other person this can be difficult and will require gradual changes that need to be consistently supported by positive results.
The Keikendo Maturity Model provides a way to map an organization's maturity level and to build an action plan to better incorporate user experience in order to improve business results. You can find out where your company or organization sits on the spectrum by taking the test online.
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Very Nice Article Juan............ Thanks for sharing article
The higher company's UX maturity level, the better its products will be as a result. And it will be much easier to sustain level of quality.
I don't think this is a particularly useful model, these 'levels' don't map to the real world and probably don't have much predictive value. It's possible to be at level 5 "UX is part of the organizational culture and participates in the phases of discovery, design, and development for products and services." and not implement items from 4, and 3. Early google would be a good example of a CO that doesn't fit your model.
Very Nice Article Juan! Good analysis on UX maturity.
I am associated with a reputed IT firm as a UX professional.
One aspect which I have observed and wanted to mention here is - With UX trending rapidly, particularly in IT industry, there are number of organizations who boast of their UX capability with numbers to match with the competition. What numbers mean here is the number of UX professionals hired, number of hours they spend on an assignment, number of projects handled.. blah blah.. On the other hand the quality of work, the process adopted and the practices being followed matter the most, which is quite miserable. Many of the organizations, I have visited have involved their UX designers in merely interface design. UX Designers in some of the product companies have also been asked to do branding and graphic design works too. So, at granular level, what UX professionals are doing, is the most significant than anything.
I believe, in order to evaluate an organization's maturity in UX, the spotlight should start focusing on quality and process at the atomic level apart from the proper institutionalization of UX in the organization.
I'm having difficulty encouraging my organization to get from level 2 to level 3. I keep bringing up that we need to do user testing, but it's seems to get brushed aside.
Every level has issues, We are between 3 and 4. Don't give up fighting for UX. Its hard and it can be a long battle, but it will pay off. Start by doing your own usability testing. You can do a lot with a very small to $0 budget! You will go above and beyond but the results will be reflected in your design. Keep educating management, do lunch and learns, seek out a UX champion at an executive level. If you enjoy the company and work, its worth the time and investment... for everyone. Have you read Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug?
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Hi Matt! First I´ll recommend you to find a sponsor within your organization to do user testing in a specific project. Don´t try to sell user testing in an abstract way: choose a project and try to convince the owner or sponsor of that project to include some tests. If the time is a problem ask for just 3 or 4 users. That should be enough to find the most obvious usability problems. Secondly, If you still find it difficult to convince the sponsors for doing user testing during the project propose to doing it once the product is released or the project has ended. This will eliminate the excuses related to time and money waste and will allow you to prove the value of the technique for the next project. Good luck!
Mighty time and you just saved me a whole pile of time reviewing and writing this up. Also, very nice to have a bit more light on the future goals, as I've reached each one step by step and now have a clearer map. THANK YOU
Thank you for a great article, now I have more words than "they just don't get it". I now have a model to adjust my view of UX processes in other companies, this is sure to make a difference when determining level of effort.


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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 10:12 The US Authors Guild has accused Amazon.com of "boldly breaching its contracts" with publishers by signing them up to its new... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-15
PARIS (Reuters) - The world's largest Internet retailer, Amazon.com, plans to sell its Kindle e-book tablet at Virgin Megastore outlets in France as it tries to inject life into a market that has... | Reuters – 2011-11-09
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 08:12 Amazon.co.uk has chosen Elizabeth Haynes' debut Into the Darkest Corner (Myriad Editions) as its best book of 2011, as part of a... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-09
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:45 Amazon has acquired a memoir by bestselling author Dr Deepak Chopra and his brother Dr Sanjiv Chopra. Amazon's Larry Kirshbaum... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-07
(11-06) 11:14 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Amazon.com is adding another high-profile name to its publishing roster. The literary agent for spiritual doctor Deepak Chopra and his physician brother Sanjiv... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-11-07
The Internet retailer's complete collection of Prime Lending Library books for Kindle devices is online and accessible from any Web browser. | PC World – 2011-11-06
LENDING LIBRARY: Amazon.com Inc. will let Kindle owners borrow one electronic book per month. THE REQUIREMENT: Borrowers have to subscribe to Amazon's Prime service, which provides free two-day... | Boston.com – 2011-11-04
(11-03) 09:17 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it is starting a lending library for Kindle owners, letting them borrow one electronic book per month. Borrowers have to... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-11-03
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:54 Amazon.com has launched a lending library for US Kindle owners with Prime membership today (3rd November), after signing deals on... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-03
Users can start borrowing books from Amazon right now, so here's what you need to know about using the service with your Kindle device. | PC World – 2011-11-03
Amazon.com announced the launch of an e-book lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book... | PC World – 2011-11-03
Is Amazon Prime the best deal in tech? It just may be: Amazon now offers the capability for customers to loan out over 5,000 books for their Kindle or Kindle Fire devices. The Kindle Owners' Lending... | Betanews – 2011-11-03
Amazon is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its $79-a-year Amazon Prime program. | The Wall Street Journal – 2011-11-03
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 16:14 Amazon and W H Smith are HarperCollins' strongest players in bookselling, its c.e.o. has claimed. Victoria Barnsley was speaking... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-03
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 13:55 The Independent Publishers Guild has accepted the OFTs decision to clear the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, but... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-02
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 12:55 Amazon has begun its UK festive promotion today (31st October), opening a Christmas store and revealing Steve Jobs biography is... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-31
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 10:05 Amazons profits have dropped by 73% in its third quarter, with the company's investment in its Kindle e-readers blamed for the... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-26
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 15:55 The Booksellers Association has said the Office of Fair Trading's decision to clear the merger between Amazon and The Book... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-26
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 13:03 The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Amazon to take over The Book Depository, ruling the merger would not lead to a lessening... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-26
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 15:53 Amazon customers can now have their purchases sent to lockers in London, instead of to their homes and offices. The company has... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-24
(Reuters) - The new biography of deceased Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs may be Amazon.com Inc's top-selling book of 2011, a spokeswoman at the largest Internet retailer said on Monday. | Reuters – 2011-10-24
Releasing a book on one of the worlds largest publishing marketplaces could help your company. Here's a quick guide to the basics of self-publishing. | PC World – 2011-10-19
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc may enter the Japanese e-book market this year and launch its Kindle readers in the market, the Nikkei business daily reported. | Reuters – 2011-10-19
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 15:01 Tim Godfray, chief executive of The Booksellers Association, has asked British Library c.e.o. Dame Lynne Brindley to review the... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-19
Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment, showcases the graphic novel "Superman: Earth One" on the Kindle Fire. | The New York Times – 2011-10-18
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 09:56 The British Library is reinstating its link to Amazon on online catalogue records, after briefly removing the feature last week... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-18
Just as it did with book retailing, Amazon has its sights set on lowering the barriers between authors and readers, both via the Kindle and through its own publishing deals -- and in many cases, the... | GigaOM – 2011-10-17
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 14:30 Amazon.com has announced its seventh imprint, a science fiction, fantasy and horror brand called 47North, which has launched with... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-11
(10-11) 07:48 PDT New York (AP) -- Filmmaker-actress Penny Marshall has a book deal with a fresh twist: The publisher is Amazon.com. The online retailer has been steadily expanding its publishing... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-10-11
Amazon is continuing to disrupt the publishing industry by signing deals with popular authors, and the latest is thriller writer Barry Eisler. After turning down a $500,000 advance from a traditional... | GigaOM – 2011-10-10
The new models are a great fit for news media but success will need flexibility on both sidesWith each introduction of a new reading device publishers around the world are overcome with the same... | Guardian – 2011-10-03
Monday Note Frédéric Filloux speculates how publishers could take advantage of opportunities presented by Amazons new lineup of Kindle products. One idea is for publishers to give readers an... | Poynter. – 2011-10-03
Nieman Journalism Lab | Poynter. – 2011-09-30
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 29/09/2011 - 09:35 The price of Amazon's new tablet device has been singled out as its most eye-catching feature although analysts feel it may not be... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-29
They say Apple has met its first real tablet competitor. And no, it is not Samsung or Motorola. Instead it is from a company that started out selling books on the Internet: Amazon. And while there is... | GigaOM – 2011-09-29
The whole world is talking about the new Kindle tablet as if it were the greatest thing since the discovery of... well, fire. The television ad certainly tries to sell the Kindle Fire as if it were... | Editors Weblog – 2011-09-29
Amazon shows off a new touchscreen tablet today that is expected to be the first serious competitor to the iPad since Apple created the tablet market in early 2010. At 10 a.m. Wednesday in New York,... | Poynter. – 2011-09-28
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 15:20 Amazon has unveiled a Kindle Touch reader, priced $99 for the wi-fi model, alongside a brand new tablet device called Kindle Fire.... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 15:40 Amazon has unveiled a Kindle Touch reader, alongside a brand new tablet device called Kindle Fire. It has also launched an £89... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 09:59 Amazon.co.uk has asked publishers for discounts of 90% on titles in order to participate in an October Kindle promotion. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
The long awaited device that has been rumored to shake up Apple's dominance of the tablet market is here. Amazon.com, Inc. announced early Wednesday that its 7-inch tablet product, the Kindle Fire... | Folio Magazine – 2011-09-28
Web retailer to take on Apple with launch of Android-based tablet on WednesdayAmazon is set to join the tablet wars on Wednesday as it launches a rival to Apple's best-selling iPad, a device that has... | Guardian – 2011-09-28
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 09:26 Amazon has reportedly dubbed its new tablet device Kindle Fire, with the digital company set to unveil it tomorrow (28th... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-27
The rumours have been flying, but now it looks certain that Amazon will release their new tablet, supposedly called the Kindle Fire, on September 28. This is going to be a big deal for those in the... | Editors Weblog – 2011-09-27
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 15:18 French publisher Flammarion has signed an agreement to sell its electronic titles through Amazon and Apples iBookstore. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-27
Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith are in for Wednesday's launch. Time Inc. isn't, and may not get there for a while. | AllThingsD – 2011-09-27
Jeff Bezos tops a list of the 100 most powerful people in publishing which charts the transformation of the books industry by digital technologySeismic shifts in the publishing world, transforming... | Guardian – 2011-09-23
We've been nearing the end of the late-fees era for years -- and, thanks to technology, we're one step closer this week. Amazon just launched a no-fees library loan program for digital books. | CNN – 2011-09-23
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 21/09/2011 - 09:03 Libraries in Seattle have started testing the feature that allows readers to borrow books using their Kindle. Amazon signed a... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-21
Last April, Amazon announced the Kindle Library Lending program would let Kindle users borrow books from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries. Today, the program officially launched at all participating... | Betanews – 2011-09-21
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 21/09/2011 - 12:05 Amazon has made books for the Kindle available across 11,000 local libraries in the United States. Customers can search for books... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-21
Amazon has launched its long-promised library lending program for its Kindle e-reader, and says more than 11,000 libraries are participating. E-book competitors -- like Barnes & Nobles' Nook, and... | AllThingsD – 2011-09-21
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 10:00 Amazon has begun rolling out its Appstore worldwide, with a selection of customers across western Europe, India and Australia... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-20
Its no secret that publishers have been frustrated with Apple and the high-handed way its dealt with them as they negotiate to get their content on the iPad. Theres little they can do,... | AdWeek – 2011-09-20
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 19/09/2011 - 11:47 The Office of Fair Trading has said it now expects to announce its decision on the Amazon takeover of The Book Depository by late... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-19
Amazon.com Inc. and Hearst Corp. announced Tuesday that they've inked a new partnership. Amazon said it will become the biggest third-party seller of subscriptions for Hearst's print magazines... | Boston.com – 2011-09-14
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 15:30 Amazon has launched a Spanish website, although Spanish readers will have to wait to get their hands on the Kindle. The site,... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-14
A rumoured push by Amazon.com to create a Netflix Inc.-like service for digital books could change the way we consume the printed word, Dan Misener writes. | CBC – 2011-09-13
Tablets have long been touted as the saviour of newspaper publishing and an app like Flipboard, which delivers personalised magazine content to your tablet, has demonstrated much of the devices'... | Editors Weblog – 2011-09-13
Is Amazon about to conquer a whole new market? There is a report in the Wall Street Journal recently that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) could be launching a Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) style service for e-books. | Boston.com – 2011-09-13
Amazon's rumoured streaming-book service would be great for businesses, students, and educators. Here's why. | PC World – 2011-09-13
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I have a Sunlite kit just because it was the best used kit I could find on Oahu when I got fed up with my Roland electronic kit, which I have now integrated into my acoustic kit, which is very cool, but not easy to move. Not gigging these days so it's ok. Bought a Paiste signature power crash which was the baddest cimbal in the store I got it from-Zone Music & Recording in Petaluma. or is it Santa Rosa? Anyway-love this cimbal. Got it for the Dream Jam competition to boost my chance of winning. It's too good for my funky kit really, but my ol' Zildjians still sound ok, esp. the li'l 12" Splash. Got a loud Wuhan cimbal & a comparatively quiet one. Like to use a variety of percussion-lg. LP Rock cowbell, lg. woodblock, tambourines mounted on both sides, wind chimes, & a small gong that sounds BIG. Also use Pearl dbl. bass pedals.
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UPDATED 5:59 PM EDT Oct 02, 2013Rory Auman, 4, is fighting an aggressive form of kidney cancer and now her parents are stuck fighting thieves who used her name to sell Sheetz fundraising books without their knowledge.
Video Transcript3 FAMILY'S PAIN. USING A SICK LITTLE GIRL'S FACE TO MAKE A BUCK. Action News reporter Ashlie Hardway tells us about a local family -- Praying for a miracle And hoping for an arrest. 3 3 RORY AUMAN IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FOUR-YEAR-OLD. SHE LOVES THE 3 OUTDOORS - HER FAMILY. BUT SHE'S FIGHTING A VERY different BATTLE. 3 RORY HAS AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF KIDNEY CANCER THAT SPREAD TO HER LUNGS. SHE'S STAGE FOUR RIGHT NOW AND HAS UNDERGONE months OF CHEMO AND RADIATION. IF HER HEART HOLDS UP - SHE WILL FACE ANOTHER SURGERY. EVEN THAT MIGHT NOT SAVE HER. 3 THE FAMILY'S MEDICAL BILLS ARE COVERED - BUT ALMOST DAILY TRIPS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH FROM THEIR SOMERSET HOME ARE COSTLY. THEY'VE HELD A COUPLE FUNDRAISERS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VERY PROFITABLE. NOW THEY KNOW WHY. someone STARTED SELLING SHEETZ COUPON BOOKS WITH RORY'S NAME ON THEM. THE MOORES KNEW nothing ABOUT IT - AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED any OF THE PROCEEDS. 3 WHILE THEY HOPE FOR AN ARREST - THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR A MIRACLE. 3 3 3 Only on four...
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