The hitch-hiker’s guide to service design Service Design Fringe Festival, London 19 Oct 2018
Richard Rutter Cofounder, Clearleft
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"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
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Is UX design service design?
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Is UX design service design?
It depends. Partly. It should be. It used to be.
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Is UX design service design?
Nielsen Norman Group
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The billing experience HOME MOVE
Moving is stressful; setting up household expenses an additional annoyance.
6 months…
FIRST BILL
Bill shock! People call with questions around first bill amount: the use, the period, the direct debit. Often only resolved after repeated contact.
ONGOING (years…)
Groundhog day! Because of the infrequency / irregularity, customers will call again lacking the understanding they need and having forgotten key details
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How do you move from Improving the way people get answers
Fixing the problems people have
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Improving answers ➞ solving problems Present the evidence Get the beneficiary on-side Present the way forward Work collaboratively in public 20
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We learned how quickly we could prototype designs that naturally brought together customers, staff, data and research. This left us with an energetic view on how we can drive more effective improvement across the company. — Rob Cockburn, Southern Water Customer Services Programme Manager
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The question protocol
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The Question Protocol 1. Why do you need this information? 2. Who will use the information, and what decision will be made or action taken based on the information collected?
6. What happens if the information goes out of date? 7. Can a customer update their submitted information? Should they be able to?
3. How will you validate the information that is submitted?
8. Are you allowed (legally and ethically) to collect this information?
4. What happens if the submitted information is false or made up?
9. How is it shared? With whom? What are the privacy implications?
5. What’s the impact of the information not being submitted?
10. How securely does it need to be stored?
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The Question Protocol Is the question really necessary?
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The Question Protocol: costs 1. An impairment to accurate completion of the process 2. Collecting, storing and processing any additional information 3. Handling situations where the information is missing, false or inconsistent.
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Champions grease the wheels of change. They are obstacle clearers, problem insulators and praise singers.
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Help your champion: Get the design message across Tell a convincing story Look good
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Search
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As design culture improves, design becomes inherent to the organisation.
Strategy
Problem solving
Function and form Style
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As design culture improves, the depth of thinking changes. Design culture
Design thinking
Design doing
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Seizing the opportunity: Make a case Get the beneficiary on-side Help the blocker Make a prototype 53
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Seizing the opportunity: Make a case Get the beneficiary on-side Help the blocker Make a prototype 54
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As design culture improves, the depth of thinking changes. Design culture
Design thinking
Design doing
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Impact
Impact of design increases exponentially as design thinking becomes ingrained.
Design doing
Design thinking
Design culture
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Richard Rutter rich@clearleft.com @clearleft
Service Design Fringe Festival, London 19 Oct 2018
Richard Rutter Cofounder, Clearleft