Topics Covered this Week
- Engaging with Stakeholders
- Statements of Work
- UX Job Interviews
- Analytics
- Gamification
Resume Feedback
The first drafts of our new resumes were due on Tuesday. We each were encouraged to sign up for feedback on our resumes from our Career Coach at General Assembly, Andrew Whelan, and he provided us with very helpful recommendations.
Guest Lecture: Jonathan Irwin
Jonathan Irwin spoke with us about managing client relationships, and for me, he was one of the most inspiring guest speakers we've had. He is a managing director at Neo, and had some really valuable advice to share.
- Have a great attitude all the time.
- Criteria for projects that you choose to take on should be:
- It's challenging
- It's interesting
- It's meaningful
- Have a great network. If a project isn't for you, refer to your network.
- Focus on business outcomes, not deliverables. At an initial kickoff meeting with stakeholders, ask "If I were to give you that, does that solve your business problem?"
I also loved the high standards that Neo holds itself to. Jonathan said that at Neo, it is requirement that clients value its people and process.
Project 5
It is very possible that Jonathan Irwin's talk resonated so well with me in part because it was very relevant to what my group is going through for our last project. We were initially tasked with creating a new feature for our client, but after our initial research believed that the project should be taken in another direction to support business and user needs.
The good news is that we did our research, presented our findings to our client, and our client was very receptive and willing to shift the direction of our project! The bad news is that this process took a large portion of our time, and we only have 1.5 weeks left to deliver on our design ideas. Time to get to work!
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