UX Skill Matrix - Fulfillment and Auth
- Product Design Manager: @esybrant
- UX team: Fulfillment and Auth
Overview
From time to time we like product designers to assess their UX skills. This is so that we have an updated view of everyone's top strengths and can assess interest in learning new skills.
We will use the output of the UX Skills Matrix in a few different ways:
- Identify learning opportunities - for example, if a lot of designers want to improve their communication, we could look into a book club or class to take together
- Hiring managers can use it as a guide for skills to look for when hiring
- Team members can use it as part of their career growth
Is this another Talent Assessment?
No - it's a self-assessment of your design skills now, and where you'd like them to be in the future.
You might use your Talent Assessment (TA) as an input to it if you'd like, but this isn't about assessing performance in the role. It's also different from TAs, in that it's shared with the team, where a TA is private. Sharing it helps everyone see where the strengths are in the team, so they can learn from others.
Checklist
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Product Design Manager to make a copy of the GitLab Team Skills Matrix and share with their reports -
Product Designers to complete their individual mapping in the UX Skills Matrix spreadsheet - Due date: 2024-03-29 -
Product Design Manager to combine the team skill assessment -
Product Design Manager to update this issue with the summary and themes, share the results with team members -
Product Design Manager to share the results with department
Results
Current state | Future state |
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Current state
Higher scores: Currently, the team is strong in the areas of Visual and interaction design, Systems thinking, Technical proficiency and UX vision and strategy.
Lower scores: The team is has less expertise around Communication, Leadership, User research, and Content.
Future state
The areas where we have the most desire for growth are Leadership, Visual and interaction design, UX vision and strategy, Technical proficiency, Content, and Systems thinking.
Team members are interested in continuing to grow in their strongest skills and develop their expertise in some of the areas where they have less experience. This particular mix of skills suggest that designers on the team want to think holistically and strategically about their areas of the product and pair that with a strong ability to execute on and advocate for their ideas.