Salesforce User-Experience-Designer - Salesforce Certified User Experience Designer (SP25)

Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek, interpret, and remember information that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while ignoring or discounting information that contradicts them1. Confirmation bias can affect user feedback sessions by influencing how the researcher designs the test, asks the questions, observes the behavior, and analyzes the data of the users. Confirmation bias can lead to inaccurate or incomplete insights, and ultimately to poor design decisions2.

One way to avoid confirmation bias in user feedback sessions is to allow the user to explore the application without specific questions regarding which tasks to perform. This can help the researcher to observe the user’s natural and spontaneous interaction with the application, without imposing any expectations or assumptions on them. This can also help the user to express their honest opinions and feelings about the application, without being influenced by the researcher’s questions or suggestions. This can result in more authentic and unbiased feedback, and more reliable and valid insights3.

Asking open-ended questions staying away from questions regarding feelings is not a good way to avoid confirmation bias in user feedback sessions, because it can limit the depth and richness of the feedback, and miss the opportunity to understand the user’s emotions and motivations. Open-ended questions are questions that allow the user to answer in their own words, rather than choosing from a predefined set of options. Open-ended questions are useful for eliciting more detailed and nuanced feedback, and for exploring the user’s thoughts and feelings about the application. However, asking open-ended questions alone is not enough to prevent confirmation bias, as the researcher may still unconsciously frame the questions in a way that leads the user to confirm their hypotheses, or interpret the answers in a way that supports their beliefs. Asking questions regarding feelings is also important, as it can help the researcher to understand the user’s emotional response to the application, and how it affects their satisfaction, engagement, and loyalty4.

Asking specific questions about known pain points to confirm your hypothesis is a bad way to avoid confirmation bias in user feedback sessions, because it can introduce the researcher’s bias into the feedback process, and influence the user’s perception and behavior. Asking specific questions about known pain points can lead the researcher to focus only on the information that confirms their hypothesis, and ignore or dismiss the information that challenges or contradicts it. It can also lead the user to pay more attention to the pain points that the researcher mentions, and overlook or downplay the other aspects of the application. This can result in skewed and distorted feedback, and misleading and invalid insights5.

The best place on the SLDS website for the designer to find accessible HTML and CSS used to create components along with implementation guidelines is the Component Blueprints1. Component Blueprints are framework-agnostic, accessible HTML and CSS that provide the basic structure and style for Lightning components1. The designer can use the Component Blueprints to create custom Lightning Web Components that are consistent with the Lightning Design System. Design Tokens (B) are not the best place to find HTML and CSS, as they are variables that store design attributes, such as colors, fonts, and spacing2. Development Tools © are not the best place to find implementation guidelines, as they are tools and resources that help developers build and test Lightning components, such as VS Code extensions, LWC recipes, and Playground3. References:

Component Blueprints | Salesforce Lightning Design System

Design Tokens | Salesforce Lightning Design System

Development Tools | Salesforce Lightning Design System

 The human-centered design approach is a problem-solving technique that puts real people at the center of the development process, enabling designers to create products and services that resonate and are tailored to the audience’s needs. The human-centered design approach typically involves four stages: clarify, ideate, develop, and implement1. The first stage, clarify, is dedicated to collecting data and observing the users to clarify the problem and how to solve it. Rather than developing products based on assumptions, designers conduct user research and assess user needs to determine what the users want. The clarify stage requires empathy—the capability of understanding another person’s experiences and emotions. Designers need to consider the users’ perspectives and ask questions to determine what products they’re currently using, why and how they’re using them, and the challenges they’re trying to solve2.

Therefore, the activity that should come first in the human-centered design process is observing the medical staff while they use their existing portal. This activity will help the UX designer to understand the context, the goals, the pain points, and the preferences of the medical staff, as well as to identify the opportunities for improvement and innovation. The other activities, such as estimating the cost, writing technical requirements, and designing a mockup, belong to the later stages of the human-centered design process, after the problem and the user needs have been clearly defined.

To optimize the relationship between two objects in Salesforce, such as Container and Container Bids, where there is a need for a tight relationship and cascading delete functionality, a Master-Detail relationship is most suitable. This type of relationship has the following characteristics:

Cascading Delete: When a record in the master (or parent) object is deleted, all related detail (or child) records are automatically deleted. This ensures data integrity and aligns with the requirement that Container Bids should be deleted when their associated Container is deleted.

Tight Coupling: A Master-Detail relationship creates a strong linkage between the two objects, where the detail (child) record's existence is dependent on the master (parent) record. This is appropriate for scenarios where the child record should not exist without its parent.

Options B (Hierarchical Lookup) and C (Many-to-one Lookup) do not provide the same level of dependency and cascading delete functionality inherent in a Master-Detail relationship.

 Screen flow is a Salesforce functionality that allows the UX Designer to create interactive workflows for the users with just a few clicks. With screen flow, the UX Designer can create step-by-step workflows that include screens for data entry, decision points based on user input, and automated actions based on their responses. Screen flow can make the user experience more engaging by presenting the users with what they need, when they need it, and using their input to guide them and automate their tasks. Screen flow can also be customized and embedded in various ways, such as on a Lightning page, a button, a utility bar, or an Experience Cloud page123

Lightning Survey is a Salesforce functionality that allows the UX Designer to create and distribute surveys to collect feedback from customers, employees, or partners. Lightning Survey is not suitable for creating complex processes or workflows, but rather for measuring satisfaction, loyalty, or engagement4

Process Builder is a Salesforce functionality that allows the UX Designer to create and automate business processes without code. Process Builder can perform actions based on criteria, such as updating records, sending emails, or invoking flows. Process Builder is not suitable for creating interactive workflows with screens, but rather for automating background tasks5

To track and measure the adoption of the new process, CK should use the following Salesforce tools:

User Engagement Dashboard and Report: This tool provides insights into how users are interacting with Salesforce, such as the number of logins, page views, actions, and time spent. It can help CK identify which users are adopting the new process and which ones need more training or support.

Salesforce Surveys for user Satisfaction: This tool allows CK to create and send surveys to its customer service representatives to collect feedback on the new process, such as their satisfaction, challenges, and suggestions. It can help CK measure the impact of the new process on the user experience and satisfaction.

Chatter polls: This tool enables CK to create and post simple polls on Chatter to gather quick opinions or preferences from its customer service representatives. It can help CK engage with its users and get their input on the new process.

The best onboarding design practice for Cloud Kicks would be to identify the message, audience, and purpose for content. This would help them tailor the content to the different needs and preferences of their employees, and provide them with the most relevant and useful information. Providing written help documentation as the single source of truth for learning about new features (A) might not be engaging or effective for all users, especially those who prefer visual or interactive learning. Creating pop-ups to give users a full visualization of a product © might be intrusive or overwhelming for some users, and might not explain the benefits or features of the product clearly. Identifying the message, audience, and purpose for content (B) is a key step in creating user-centered onboarding design, as it helps to define the goals, scope, and tone of the content, and to align it with the user’s needs, expectations, and motivations. References:

[UX Designer Certification Prep: Onboarding Design]

[UX Designer Certification Prep: Content Strategy]

[Salesforce Certified User Experience Designer Exam Guide]

A usability testing report is a document that summarizes the findings and insights from a usability test, which is a method of evaluating a product or service by observing how real users interact with it. A usability testing report should provide clear and actionable recommendations for improving the user experience and usability of the product or service1. One of the best practices for presenting the findings of a usability testing report is to be specific about the issues testers encountered. This means describing the problems in detail, explaining how they affected the user’s performance and satisfaction, and providing evidence from the data collected, such as quotes, screenshots, videos, or metrics. Being specific about the issues helps to illustrate the severity and impact of the problems, as well as to justify the need for improvement2.

The other two options, reporting only the new issues and omitting already known bugs, and including the names of participants in the report, are not good practices for presenting the findings of a usability testing report. Reporting only the new issues and omitting already known bugs can create a biased and incomplete picture of the usability test results, as it can overlook the recurring and persistent problems that may still affect the user experience and usability of the product or service. Including the names of participants in the report can violate the ethical and legal principles of user research, such as confidentiality, anonymity, and informed consent, which require protecting the privacy and identity of the users who participate in the research3.

Personalized Navigation Tabs are a navigational feature that allows the users to customize the navigation bar of the Salesforce mobile app with the items that they use most frequently. Users can add, remove, and reorder the tabs in the navigation bar, and access them with a single tap. Users can also mark their favorite items with a star icon, and access them from the Favorites tab. Personalized Navigation Tabs can help Cloud Kicks (CK) employees to quickly access the apps, objects, and other items that they need in the Salesforce mobile app12

Console Navigation is a navigational feature that allows the users to work with multiple records and objects on a single screen in the Salesforce desktop app. Console Navigation is not available in the Salesforce mobile app, and it is not suitable for providing quick access to apps, objects, and other items3

Utility Bar is a navigational feature that allows the users to access common productivity tools, such as notes, history, or macros, from a fixed footer at the bottom of the Salesforce desktop app. Utility Bar is not available in the Salesforce mobile app, and it is not suitable for providing quick access to apps, objects, and other items4

Voice is the overall personality of the design, while tone is the way that personality is expressed. Voice represents the core characteristics of a design, such as the values, attitude, and emotions it conveys. Tone is how those characteristics are expressed in the design, suchas the language, visuals, and other elements. For example, a design with a friendly voice might be expressed through warm colors, friendly imagery, and casual language. Salesforce has some great resources on voice and tone such as [1] and [2].

[1] https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/11/voice-tone-brand-personality.html [2]  https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2018/10/voice-tone-brand-personality-ux.html