Rapid 7 talk

Rapid7 is a cyber security company that has an office based in Belfast as well as offices across America.

They are known as the force behind the people who protect you everyday.

Their job is to build the tools that are used in cyber security that make sure your information is kept safe as well as protecting the tools that protect society.

Rapid7 are powering the protectors that keep society safe by making sure there’s no vulnerability for any hackers to attack you. They do this by constantly updating their security systems to make sure your information is always as safe as possible.

They design the critical experience using powerful tools that are reliable and extensive.

The UX role in the company is to make the screens easy to use and the user experience is exactly what It is needed to be to fit with the company

 

The process

Discover- design- build- test

 

AGILE BY PRINCIPLE (look up)

 

DISCOVER

• Respond to the brief
• Exploring and finding out as much about the problem as possible
• 5 whys- ask the right questions
• What is the real problem?
• Tooling- how am I going to present this in a way in which I can present it to the team, what tools do the team use?

 

 

DESIGN

• Insights– what did you learn from the discovery section
• Think about your design process
• Brand- what does the brand say about design? Does it fit in?

 

PROCESS

• Create a prototype
• Do a peer test
• Do a user test
• Do a device test
• Quality assurance
• Accessibility test- eg can computers with screen readers use your site etc
• Performance test
• Done criteria- make sure you’ve checked all the criteria you needed to do

 

Being a great ux designer means being a great storyteller

 

Be ready to tell the story of your work

Be ready to tell your own story

Great stories(designs) are simple. Follow the structure.

 

I found this Talk from Rapid7 very beneficial as it allowed us to understand who they are as a company and what they do for society. Their company has Really intrigued and motivated me as a student UX designer as I would love the opportunity to help build software to keep society’s personal belongings safe and to stop them getting hacked which is an increasing problem today.