product managers are from pluto and uxers are from uranus

Product  Managers  are  from  Pluto   and

 UXers  are  from  Uranus

February  19,  2015

Thanks!  

Kirsten Mann Director of User Experience & Online Support

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Featured  Project: Dubai  InternaOonal  Airport      |      US  $4.5B  Value

Trusted  by  the  world’s  largest  projects

Product  Managers  are  from  Pluto*  and  UXers  are  from  Uranus  

19  February  2015

Product  Anonymous  Meetup  -­‐  Melbourne

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•  Set  the  scene

•  PresentaOons  (5  mins  each)

•  Panel  Discussion

What’s  happening  tonight?

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Our  Purpose:  What  drives  us  at  Aconex

“Our purpose is to transform the way people work together to deliver and operate built assets, using technology to make the process fairer, easier and more efficient for everyone involved”

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The  VeneOan  Hotel  &  Resort,  Macao

15,000  capacity  stadium

3,000  luxury  hotel  suites 2,000  person  capacity,    3-­‐storey  site  shed

ParOcipaOng  organizaOons 290 Users 7,873

Total  mail  transacOons 19.9  million

Total  drawings/controlled  docs   9.5  million

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So  what  does  the  UX  and  Product  Team  do  at  Aconex?

The  Aconex  UX  Team  provides  design  direcOon  and  insight,  assisOng  the  product  management  and  development  teams  on  their  mission  to  create  smart,  powerful  and  efficient  sojware  that  delights  users. -­‐  we’re  a  voice  for  the  user!

Technology

User  E

xperience

Product  M

anagem

ent

What is feasible, given time, resources and budget.

What is the value to our business? How do we get more clients?

What is useful and desirable to our users?

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So  what  does  the  UX  and  Product  Team  do  at  Aconex?

5  years  ago….

Technology

UX

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So  what  does  the  UX  and  Product  Team  do  at  Aconex?

The  Aconex  UX  Team  provides  design  direcOon  and  insight,  assisOng  the  product  management  and  development  teams  on  their  mission  to  create  smart,  powerful  and  efficient  sojware  that  delights  users. -­‐  we’re  a  voice  for  the  user!

Technology

User  E

xperience

Product  M

anagem

ent

What is feasible, given time, resources and budget.

What is the value to our business? How do we get more clients?

What is useful and desirable to our users?

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•  Set  the  scene

•  PresentaOons

•  Panel  Discussion

We’re  up  to…

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Featured  Project: Dubai  InternaOonal  Airport      |      US  $4.5B  Value

Trusted  by  the  world’s  largest  projects

Adapt  and  learn

Mark  Smith  Senior  Product  Manager

David  McNamara  Senior  User  Experience  Designer

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I’m  beginning  to  think  sufficiently  advanced  UX  design/leadership  is  

indisOnguishable  from  good  product  

management.

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Marina  Bay  Sands  Casino  Resort,  Singapore

It depends

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Featured  Project: Dubai  InternaOonal  Airport      |      US  $4.5B  Value

Trusted  by  the  world’s  largest  projects

Adapt  and  learn

Mark  Smith  Senior  Product  Manager

David  McNamara  Senior  User  Experience  Designer

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We’re from Alpha Centauri..

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Alpha Centauri is the closest binary star to our Solar System..

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We  want  to  explode  the  myth  (at  least  @  MYOB)        

Image  by:  ardithelionheart@ymail.com  hpps://flic.kr/p/eHKY4A

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A  bit  about  us…

Image  by  (modified):  Jeff  Eaton  hpps://flic.kr/p/b33qNK

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@MYOB,  PM’s  and  UX’er  are  a  team.  (Like  Neil  Armstrong  and  Buzz  Aldrin)  

Image  by:  NASA

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However  things  don’t  always  go  to  plan.. Image  by:  NASA

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•  Set  the  scene

•  PresentaOons

•  Panel  Discussions

We’re  up  to…

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