Why You Should Challenge Your Product Design Assumptions

Lean and Human AssumptionsBuilding apps and websites for social good is difficult.

No two ways about it.

Customer development – working out what will meet the needs and solve the problems of your target users – is not straightforward.

The temptation can be to make your best guess and then proceed headlong, relying on strength of purpose, social virtue and blind faith to get you to the point where you (hopefully) have a product that people want to use, can use and actually changes their lives.

But that’s a whole load of hoping and guessing. Do it this way and you’re likely to fail. There are better ways. This article explains why you should challenge your product assumptions. [Read more...]

The Most Important Ingredient in Designing a Successful Product

Success product design ingredientCustomers: the people pivotal to success, crucial for survival.

What you need to know about customers: Who are they? What do they want? What do they need? How do they feel? 

How do you find out? Through Customer Development. [Read more...]

Why the Privacy of Apps is Good for Young People

Privacy appYoung people need privacy just like everyone else. Look at your closest relative or friend: you don’t know everything about them because they keep some things private. They have a right to.

Having the ability to keep things private is essential for young people who may lack space at home or don’t feel comfortable in public. [Read more...]

Developing a Mental Health App: My Experience

My Journey Early Intervention Mental Health AppSarah Amani shares her account of developing ‘My Journey’ one of the few youth mental health apps already in existence. [Read more...]