The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett is a powerful tool that a Product Designer can use. It demonstrates the planes that composes the User Experience Product from a user experience (UX) perspective.
It can be utilized as a framework for designing a product as demonstrated in the succeeding table. The elements act as the stages in design and development. On the other side of the table are the counterpart artifacts of the elements.
| Elements of User Experience | Artifacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Design | Front-end Design | ||
| Strategy | Business Objectives, Customer Objectives | Product Requirements Document | |
| Scope | Features, Requirements | ||
| Structure | Information Architecture, Interaction Design | Diagrams, Flowcharts | Content |
| Skeleton | Information Design, Navigation Design, User Interface Design | Wireframes | |
| Surface | Sensory Design | Mockups | Presentation |