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TASH KEUNEMAN • UX DESIGNER • ATLASSIAN • @TASHJ
Bringing your customers to lifeHow to build great products for them, not you
“I have too many things to do and not enough time.”
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Harvey the Hesitant
His CompanyTEAM SIZE 20
COMPANY SIZE 1000
WORKS REMOTELY Occasionally
PURCHASING POWER Purchaser
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His Career“I want to make it to the top level of a company.”
Loves• Reliable products• Time saving tricks• Note taking apps• Great teams managers• Running
Hates• Agile• Paperwork• Software that updates � MYLX\LU[S`• Flash
Software & Languages • Evernote• 4PJYVZVM[�6ѝJL• Adobe Illustrator• Gmail• *VUÅ\LUJL
Hang Out Places• New York Times• Harvard Business Review• NPR
He Thinks Atlassian Is...Ants Seemingly chaotic but working towards a greater good
User Personas
Needs• Minimal fuss products• Things work smoothly together• :PTWSPÄLK�MLH[\YLZ• Only show me what’s
relevant
Goals• Put structure and protocols in my company• Maintain life/work
balance• Maintain leadership position
H A R V E Y
Is this going to be good for us in the long run? I hope we’ve made the right choice.
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to balance lots of competing priorities. He’s
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he’s a bit uncomfortable when it comes to
collaborating with workmates.
He tends to be the one to tick the box on
software purchases, but as long as teams are
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Appetite for leadership
Appetite for collaboration
Patience for problem-solving
A B O U T H A R V E Y H A R V E Y ’ S A T T I T U D E S
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TASH KEUNEMAN • UX DESIGNER • ATLASSIAN • @TASHJ
Thank you!Want to know how to use personas?
See Sherif’s talk at 2pm ThursdayFor design workshops in action see Jay’s talk at 1:30pm today