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

The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) reflects the patterns and components that underpin the Salesforce product. These patterns and components provide a unified language and consistent look and feel when designing apps and products within the Salesforce ecosystem. The Lightning Experience UI, which SLDS represents, was crafted using four core design principles. We encourage you to keep them in mind as you develop your applications. They are1:

Clarity — Eliminate ambiguity. Enable people to see, understand, and act with confidence.

Efficiency — Streamline and optimize workflows. Intelligently anticipate needs to help people work better, smarter, and faster.

Consistency — Create familiarity and strengthen intuition by applying the same solution to the same problem.

Beauty — Demonstrate respect for people’s time and attention through thoughtful and elegant craftsmanship. References: Introduction to the Salesforce Lightning Design System

 Dynamic Forms is a feature that allows users to customize the layout of a record detail page by placing fields and sections anywhere on the page, and applying visibility rules to show or hide them based on certain criteria. Dynamic Forms can help service agents to create user-centric, intuitive, and dynamic layouts that display only the relevant fields and sections for the reservation process. Dynamic Forms can also improve page load times and reduce the need for multiple page layouts and record types. Dynamic Forms is currently available for custom objects and some standard objects in Lightning Experience12. References:

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The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a set of design guidelines and resources for creating consistent and beautiful user experiences on the Salesforce platform. It provides UI components, icons, fonts, colors, and more that follow the best practices and accessibility standards of Salesforce. One of the features of SLDS is the ability to create custom themes that reflect the brand identity and personality of a company or an app. Custom themes can be implemented using design tokens, which are variables that store the values of the UI elements, such as colors, sizes, spacing, fonts, etc. Design tokens can be overridden or customized to change the appearance of the UI components without modifying the CSS or HTML code. To implement the company colors in all UI components, such as buttons and icons, using a custom theme, the UX designer should use the design tokens prefixed with “brand”, such as $brand-primary, $brand-secondary, $brand-accessible, etc. These design tokens control the color scheme of the UI components and can be assigned the values of the company colors. For example, to change the color of the primary button to the company’s blue color, the UX designer can use the following design token:

$brand-primary: #0070d2;

The discovery process is a crucial phase in any UX design project, as it helps to understand the user needs, business goals, and technical constraints of the problem1. The discovery process typically involves various research methods, such as interviews, surveys, observations, and analytics, to gather data and insights about the users and the context of use2. The outputs of the discovery process are artifacts that synthesize and communicate the findings and insights from the research. Some of the common outputs of the discovery process are:

User personas: These are fictional representations of the target users, based on real data and insights, that describe their goals, motivations, pain points, behaviors, and preferences3. User personas help to empathize with the users and design solutions that meet their needs and expectations.

Journey maps: These are visualizations of the user’s end-to-end experience with a product or service, from the initial trigger to the final outcome4. Journey maps help to identify the user’s actions, thoughts, emotions, pain points, and opportunities for improvement at each stage of the journey.

High-level wireframes: These are low-fidelity sketches or diagrams that show the basic layout, structure, and functionality of the website or app. High-level wireframes help to define the information architecture, navigation, and content hierarchy of the solution, as well as test the usability and feasibility of the design concepts.

These three outputs are essential for planning out the website redesign using Experience Cloud, as they help to define the user requirements, the user flow, and the user interface of the solution. The other two options, interactive prototypes and high-fidelity mock-ups, are not outputs of the discovery process, but rather of the design and testing phases. Interactive prototypes are clickable simulations of the website or app that allow users to interact with the functionality and features of the solution. High-fidelity mock-ups are realistic and detailed representations of the website or app that show the final look and feel of the solution, including the colors, fonts, images, and icons. These two outputs are created after the discovery process, based on the feedback and validation from the user testing sessions.

A docked utility bar is a Salesforce configuration feature that allows users to access common productivity tools, such as notes, history, or macros, from a fixed footer at the bottom of the screen1. A list view - split view is a Salesforce configuration feature that allows users to see a list view and a record side by side in a split-screen layout2. These two features can help the IT help desk team quickly resolve queued cases by providing them with a persistent place to create notes and the ability to view their case queue while working a particular case. Dynamic forms and activity timeline are not relevant for this scenario, as they do not address the requirements of the IT help desk team.

 Voice and tone are two important aspects of UX writing that affect how users perceive and interact with a product. According to the Salesforce User Experience Designer Exam Guide, voice and tone are defined as follows:

Voice reflects the personality of the brand or product. It is consistent and does not change depending on the context or situation. Voice conveys the values, mission, and identity of the brand or product through the choice of words, phrases, and style of communication.

Tone reflects the way the voice speaks to the users. It is context-specific and can change depending on the user’s mood, goal, and situation. Tone conveys the attitude, emotion, and empathy of the voice through the use of punctuation, grammar, and formatting.

For example, Mailchimp is a brand that has a distinctive voice and tone. Their voice is friendly, humorous, and quirky. Their tone varies depending on the user’s experience, such as congratulating them for a successful campaign, or apologizing for an error. They use a tone map to guide their writers on how to adjust their tone for different scenarios.

 To implement a brand style guide using out-of-the box Experience Builder features, the best option is to apply brand fonts and colors. This can be done by using themes and branding sets in Experience Builder. Themes are collections of information that define the visual flow of a site, such as colors, fonts, and spacing. Branding sets are groups of assets that can be applied to a theme, such as logos, images, and icons. By using themes and branding sets, CK can customize the look and feel of their site without coding or using a different template. References: Add Style to Your Experience Builder Site with Themes, Use Branding Sets in Experience Builder

These two design considerations should be made when planning for a customer support site in experience builder that will be internationalized across 12 different countries. They are related to the principles of internationalization and localization, which are the processes of designing and adapting a product or service to meet the needs and preferences of users in different cultures, languages, and regions. By taking these considerations into account, a UX designer can create a site that is consistent, usable, and appealing for a global audience.

Country may read text in a different direction (right to left) vs (left to right) and layouts will need to be adjusted: This consideration is related to the principle of bidirectionality, which is the ability of a product or service to support both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. These languages have different writing systems, text alignment, and reading order than LTR languages, such as English, French, Spanish, and German. Therefore, a UX designer needs to adjust the layouts of the site to accommodate both LTR and RTL languages, such as by using flexible grids, mirroring elements, and avoiding fixed positions. This way, the site can provide a natural and intuitive reading experience for users in different countries.

Colors may have different cultural meanings in different countries, changing the intent of UI elements: This consideration is related to the principle of cultural sensitivity, which is the awareness and respect of the cultural differences and preferences of users in different countries. Colors are one of the most important aspects of visual design, as they can convey emotions, moods, messages, and actions. However, colors can also have different cultural meanings and associations in different countries, which can affect how users perceive and interact with the site. For example, red can mean danger, passion, or luck, depending on the country. Therefore, a UX designer needs to choose colors that are appropriate and consistent with the intended meaning and purpose of the UI elements, such as buttons, icons, labels, and alerts. This way, the site can avoid confusion, misunderstanding, or offense for users in different countries.

The best option for guiding sales users through a new process using floating or docked prompts is to use the Walkthrough App from AppExchange. This app allows admins to create and manage in-app guidance walkthroughs using clicks, not code. Walkthroughs are interactive tutorials that guide users through a series of steps on a Lightning page. Users can see the prompts, click the action buttons, and follow the instructions to complete the process. Admins can also track the engagement and completion of the walkthroughs using reports and dashboards. The Walkthrough App is compatible with the standard in-app guidance feature, and does not require a subscription to myTrailhead1 .

The other options are not suitable for this scenario because:

In-App Guidance Prompts using myTrailhead: This option requires a subscription to myTrailhead, which is a customizable learning platform that allows admins to create their own content and branding. In-app guidance prompts are one of the features of myTrailhead, but they are not the same as walkthroughs. Prompts are single-step messages that appear on a Lightning page, while walkthroughs are multi-step tutorials that guide users through a process. Prompts can be used to provide tips, announcements, or links, but they cannot show users how to perform a task234.

Custom build using Salesforce Flow: This option requires coding and development skills, which may not be available or feasible for the admin team. Salesforce Flow is a tool that allows admins to automate processes and tasks using clicks or code. Flows can be triggered by various events, such as buttons, actions, schedules, or record changes. Flows can also display screens to users, which can contain fields, text, images, or components. However, screens are not the same as prompts or walkthroughs. Screens are part of a flow logic, and they require user input to proceed to the next step. Screens cannot be customized to appear as floating or docked prompts, and they cannot guide users through a Lightning page56.

Basic In-App Guidance Prompts: This option does not require a subscription to myTrailhead, but it also does not provide the functionality of walkthroughs. Basic in-app guidance prompts are the same as the ones mentioned in the first option, but without the customization and branding of myTrailhead. Basic prompts can be created and managed using clicks, not code, and they can be filtered by profiles and permissions. However, basic prompts are still single-step messages that appear on a Lightning page, and they cannot show users how to perform a task23.

The best way for the designer to illustrate the existing process, including the pain points and opportunities, is to observe the complaints process and create a journey map. A journey map is a visual representation of the customer’s or user’s experience with a product or service, from their perspective. It shows the steps, interactions, thoughts, feelings, touchpoints, context, and opportunities for improvement along the way. A journey map can help the designer to understand the current state of the complaints process, identify the pain points and gaps, and prioritize the areas for intervention. A journey map can also help to communicate the user’s needs and expectations to the stakeholders and developers, and align them on a common vision for the solution. References:

: Start Your Journey Map Unit | Salesforce Trailhead

: Add Journey Mapping to Your Solution Toolbox Unit | Salesforce Trailhead

: Customer Journey Mapping Resources - Salesforce