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I participated in a planned DGTL Club activity meetup as a speaker. I told clubmates about the requirements collection methods in the product and service work cycle. Additionally, I expressed about responsibility areas and competencies of UX designers who should be involved in requirements collection and validation sessions.

Requirements in UX Design

• Format of starting work on the projects
• Product
• Outsourcing

Requirements collection

• Stakeholders
• Methods

Agile or chaos?

• Design process models vs Reality
• Requirements changes in the process of implementation

It was a planned DGTL Club activity meetup, where I was as a speaker. I told clubmates about the process and responsibility areas of the specialists in outsourcing and product companies from UX designer point, and covered the following topics:

UX Designer responsibility area

• Responsibility areas intersection
• Interests conflict or something more?

Effective process & interactions:

• UX+BA
• UX+Developers
• UX+QA

I was invited to the annual Ukrainian Business Analysis conference to present an overview of Work with end-user techniques used to project issues solving in outsourcing. I told to Business Analysts how to use Product and UX Design practice in an outsourcing context, and covered the following topics:

Technics for work with end-user: what the goals help to achieve & details of usage.

• In-deep interview
• User testing
• Card sorting
• The difference between UX and BA context

How to apply end-user working technics in outsourcing

• Discovery
• Providing recommendations and user research workshops for a Customer

I was invited to the annual UX Roasting in Minsk to present an overview of Industrial & Digital Design techniques, to an audience of Design Specialists, covering the following topics:

• What problem needs to be resolved?
• Context: Terms of use, who is the user?
• Functional requirements and user stories
• Blind usage for hypothetically similar actions
• Limitations and features
• Designing with an understanding of the context
• The product life cycle from raw materials to recycling

Imaguru Design Meetup invited me to deliver a presentation on the skills that a modern UX/UI Designer needs to succeed in the workplace:

• The modern UX/UI designer's skill set
• What kinds of tools are there? How and what are they used for?
• Why communication skills are so important
• The trend for soft skills. Soft skills vs hard skills
• Using effective tools. Why you need to be adaptable
• The role of the System Process and teamwork

In 2017, I presented at Analyst Days, providing expert advice on how to effectively manage the relationship between Business Analyst and User Experience expertise, specifically how both of these professions can work together as effectively as possible.

• Interaction of BA and UX at the initial stage of a project
• Empathy maps, personas and how to share them
• Consideration of the same data in a different context
• Functional requirements vs interface solutions
• Does the customer understand what is happening?
• What to do with a customer
• Pixel pushers. "Make me a nice UX."
• The ideal world and how it compares to reality

Working in Exadel and being Creative community lead there, I delivered a presentation on how to effectively manage a project when a Designer is not available.
During this talk, I revealed strategies on how UI Developers can
still achieve good outcomes without a designer:

• Complications in practice and how they are solved
• The reality of a UI Developer working without a Designer
• How to mitigate the problem by delegating responsibilities around the team

This article covers the challenges faced by UX/UI practitioners when trying to keep their portfolios up to date and relevant.
I also explain my own experiences on how to avoid common pitfalls, which can make it seem like maintaining a relevant portfolio is an impossible task:

• Insights about UX/UI Designer creation from my UX/UI practice
• The common barriers to creating a leading UX/UI portfolio
• Strategies to keep your UX/UI portfolio up to date

This article provides an in depth look into why it's so important that UX/UI Designers keep their portfolios up to date, how they can find the time to do so, with detailed insights on how I have managed to achieve this elusive goal:

• Why you should develop your UX/UI Design Portfolio even if you are appreciated at work
• How to find the time and energy to keep your UX/UI Design Portfolio up to date
• Effective strategies for keeping your portfolio up to date

This article highlights my own experience of portfolio website creation. The goal is to find a job in the Design Manager role in a European company, with relocation or remotely.
I have added the details of my practice:

• Setting the goals
• Searching for the right solution
• How to make a portfolio content structure
• How to make good copywriting
• What to do after portfolio creation

This article covers the challenges faced by UX/UI practitioners when trying to keep their portfolios up to date and relevant.
I also explain my own experiences on how to avoid common pitfalls, which can make it seem like maintaining a relevant portfolio is an impossible task:

• Insights about UX/UI Designer creation from my UX/UI practice
• The common barriers to creating a leading UX/UI portfolio
• Strategies to keep your UX/UI portfolio up to date