Development is Design and Design is Development
Ten UX Heuristics and The SaaS-Ment
10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
From Nielsen Norman Group, this simply a great list that was first created in 1994. If you are reviewing software for whether it meets the needs of users this is a great list to look at, and review.
10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
The SaaS-Ment
Working with the above list, I struggled mightily with it being relevant for all aspects of delivering well loved software. I also wanted principles that were universal for the 3 Modalities of Software Interfaces.
These 9 principles are a starting point and a great list:
- Security over Slyness
- Scale over Shatter
- Support over Stumbling
- Standardization over Straying
- Sense over Summon
- Safety over Setback
- Stewardship over Suffering
- Status over Surmising
- Statistics & Study over Speculation