Google UX Certificate / Foundations of UX Design
Complete notes for Course 1 of the Google UX Design Professional Certificate, *Foundations of UX Design*. Covers the 4 qualities of good UX (Usable/Equitable/Enjoyable/Useful) + the designer role spectrum (generalist/specialist/T-shaped + 7 job roles + cross-functional collaboration) + 4 entry paths + 4 steps of user-centered design (understand/define/design/evaluate) + 3 stages of accessibility evolution (universal → inclusive → equitable + AT assistive technology) + cross-platform design + 5 stages of design thinking (empathize/define/ideate/prototype/test, with stage-by-stage method libraries) + 5-day design sprint + sprint brief + retrospective meeting + business requirements (goals + parameters) + 3 categories of UX research (foundational/design/post-launch) + 6 types of research bias + 8 bias mitigation practices. Targeted at PMs, with a comparison to Yitang's five-step method / requirements analysis.