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Customer Experience Design vs Human-Centered Design

Developers should learn Customer Experience Design when building customer-facing applications, e-commerce platforms, or digital services where user retention and satisfaction are critical, such as in SaaS products or mobile apps meets developers should learn and use human-centered design when building applications, websites, or digital tools to enhance usability, reduce user frustration, and increase adoption rates. Here's our take.

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Customer Experience Design

Developers should learn Customer Experience Design when building customer-facing applications, e-commerce platforms, or digital services where user retention and satisfaction are critical, such as in SaaS products or mobile apps

Customer Experience Design

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Developers should learn Customer Experience Design when building customer-facing applications, e-commerce platforms, or digital services where user retention and satisfaction are critical, such as in SaaS products or mobile apps

Pros

  • +It helps ensure that technical implementations align with business goals and user expectations, reducing churn and improving engagement
  • +Related to: user-experience-design, service-design

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Human-Centered Design

Developers should learn and use Human-Centered Design when building applications, websites, or digital tools to enhance usability, reduce user frustration, and increase adoption rates

Pros

  • +It is particularly valuable in projects where user experience is critical, such as consumer-facing apps, enterprise software, or accessibility-focused solutions, as it helps align technical implementation with user needs through feedback loops and validation
  • +Related to: user-experience-design, user-research

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Customer Experience Design if: You want it helps ensure that technical implementations align with business goals and user expectations, reducing churn and improving engagement and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Human-Centered Design if: You prioritize it is particularly valuable in projects where user experience is critical, such as consumer-facing apps, enterprise software, or accessibility-focused solutions, as it helps align technical implementation with user needs through feedback loops and validation over what Customer Experience Design offers.

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The Bottom Line
Customer Experience Design wins

Developers should learn Customer Experience Design when building customer-facing applications, e-commerce platforms, or digital services where user retention and satisfaction are critical, such as in SaaS products or mobile apps

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