Tough technology and business challenges face you at every stage of a project. The one-page ingredients in 101 Design Ingredients show you how to solve problems using practical examples you can apply right away. Case studies explain how leading companies combined these ingredients into their own unique recipes to catapult their businesses, and how you can too.

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About this Book

  • 250 pages (est)
  • Published:
  • Release: B3.0 (2013-04-11)
  • ISBN: 978-1-93778-532-1

One page, one ingredient. 101 reasons to become more successful at solving those big technology problems. 101 Design Ingredients will help your technology team identify problems, share responsibilities, and work better together.

In part 1, you’ll see case studies of how companies such as Facebook and Dropbox blended ingredients from this book to create recipes to solve specific business requirements for investment, innovation, leadership, and more. Each recipe shows how the company fine-tuned six of the ingredients to build their own unique solution. You’ll learn how to mix and match ingredients to create your own recipes for success, tailored to your company’s needs.

In part 2, you’ll find 101 problem-solving ingredients grouped into project stages, to help you apply the right ingredient at the right time. Start at any point and page through the humorously illustrated ingredients until you find one that matches your needs best. The ingredients cover the spectrum your business needs to be successful, with tips on team-building, creating a business model, product launch, productivity, and much more. Each ingredient includes three practical suggestions to get you started right away.

The ingredients and recipes in this book can be applied by beginners starting out on their first technology project, as well as seasoned professionals who have been tackling the same big problems for years and need a fresh new approach to problem solving.

Contents and Extracts

This book is currently in beta, so the contents and extracts will change as the book is developed.

Preface

  • Recipes For Success
    • A Recipe For Effective Leadership
    • A Recipe For Awesome Employees
    • A Recipe For Social Relevance
    • A Recipe For Keeping It Lean
    • A Recipe For Being Indispensable
    • A Recipe For Evolution
    • A Recipe For Constant Innovation
  • Ingredients To Get You Started
    • Identify the Root Cause
    • Give Them What They Really Want
    • Know Why You Do It
    • Find the Sweet Spot
    • Join The Dots
    • Know What Competitors Are Up To
    • Start With The End
    • Garbage In, Garbage Out
    • Improving Vs Differentiating
    • Make It A Call To Adventure
    • Build An A-Team
    • Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
    • Pitch The Problem
    • Time It Right excerpt
    • Test Your Biggest Hypothesis First
  • Ingredients To Keep You Going
    • Know What Will Help You Succeed
    • Put It Into Context
    • Be A Catalyst
    • Perform As A Team
    • Train Them Right
    • Make It Easy
    • Prioritise Ideas
    • Slice It Thinly
    • Find The Shortest Route
    • Timebox It
    • Keep It Simple
    • 80/20 Rule
    • Constrain Yourself
    • Be Really Good at One Thing
    • Be Unfashionable
    • Fail Fast, Fail Often
    • Find the Gaps
    • Get Used To Conflict
    • Look For Commonalities
    • Don’t Just Improve The Obvious
    • Align With Expectations
    • Attract What You Want
    • Don’t Ask What They Want
    • Lead By Example
    • Frame It
    • Fix the Little Things
    • Reduce Options
    • Make It Obvious
    • Take A Walk
    • Celebrate Success
  • Ingredients To Help You Cross The Finish Line
    • Make It Personal
    • Stop Making It Up
    • Surprise Them
    • Know What You Control
    • Check The Data
    • Adapt Quickly
    • Find Allies
    • Keep People Informed
    • Don’t Show Up
    • Don’t Think Too Much
    • Make It Interesting
    • Make It Accessible
    • Tell A Good Story
    • Reward Them
    • Fly Under The Radar
    • Have An Opinion
    • Be Good
    • Cut Through The Bull
    • Make It Emotional
    • Build Up Enough Momentum
    • Create A Tipping Point
  • Ingredients To Get More Of What You Want
    • Crowd Source It excerpt
    • Don’t Do It All
    • Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
    • Challenge And Disrupt
    • Increase Happiness
    • Get Them Addicted

About the Author

Eewei Chen is founder and CEO of HaaYaa.com a rapid insight, prototyping, and testing agency. Rumors are that he created the first animated GIF and designed the first secure online musical distribution service, before iTunes. Previously Eewei was a team leader at Microsoft, creative director at Conchango, creative director at ThoughtWorks UK and design director at British Sky Broadcasting (BSKYB). Eewei loves speaking, mentoring and running workshops in the design, lean startup, technology, and agile communities. His blog can be found at eewei.com and he’s @Ultraman on Twitter.

Illustrator Robert Andre has worked within the creative industry for more than twenty years on everything from paste-ups to product design. Although he believes good design should appear effortless, not draw attention to itself, fulfill a need, and be functional, occasionally something really great grabs his attention and he cannot help thinking: “That’s brilliant, how can I illustrate that?”

Upcoming Author Events

  • 2013-04-11: Eewei Chen
    20 Minute Talk: Successfully Incorporating Lean Startup in Large Organizations 150 Minute Workshop: How to Design Stuff that Matters, Fast! From Empathy Maps to Prototypes (Lean NYC, New York, New York)