bonsai your product
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B O N S A I Y O U R P R O D U C TJ O U R N E Y O N D E C L U T T E R I N G U I
Photo credit: @German Roque
U X D E S I G N E R AT
I’m Min
@ U X M I N
“I’m not sure what to use Yammer for”
“I have never used these features”
“Ah, I didn’t know you can do that!”
D E S I G N D E B T S
Redesign!
Intended focusing or highlighting of a particular characteristic to create a focal point
E M P H A S I S
Photo credit: @Luca Finardi
D E F I N E Y O U R P R I O R I T Y
D E F I N E Y O U R P R I O R I T Y
D E F I N E Y O U R P R I O R I T Y
D E F I N E Y O U R P R I O R I T Y
C A L L O U T W H AT ’ S I M P O R TA N T B Y R E M O V I N G / H I D I N G S E C O N D A R Y E L E M E N T S
Elimination of non-essential elements that may distract from the point of interest
S I M P L I C I T Y
D O N ’ T B E A F R A I D T O K I L L T H I N G S
D O N ’ T B E A F R A I D T O K I L L T H I N G S
D O N ’ T B E A F R A I D T O K I L L T H I N G S
D O N ’ T B E A F R A I D T O K I L L T H I N G S
Create a force of movement or control the direction the viewer’s eye travels by arranging the design components and elements in certain way
M O V E M E N T A N D R H Y T H M
Photo credit: @Bruno Azulay
V I S U A L H I E R A R C H Y
T H I S I S J U S T T H E B E G I N N I N G …
Our Product Managers will be measured based on how many
features they killed
We should be willing to take a hit in metric when we kill features. If
it’s better for the long run
W H AT W A S H A R D
• Convince people that our product needs removal of features
• Angry users, even if there is only one of them
• Stakeholders
H O W W E D I D I T
• Talk to our user
• Re-evaluate our product priority
• Start small, take baby steps
• Advocate for it loudly and consistently
@ U X M I N
Thank you
Photo credit: @German Roque