Low UX maturity can be frustrating for many UX professionals. You don’t get to do what you think is right. You get pushback from every direction. It feels like you’re constantly swimming against a current of bad practices.
Some teams do a great job of collaborating with stakeholders. Some don’t. The way your team deals with stakeholders has a level of maturity all on its own. Unfortunately, this is often overlooked except by some of the smoothest-running software teams.
Are you and your engineers constantly at each other’s throats? Always blaming each other for delays? Always fighting over why the final production UI doesn’t look anything like your wires? Are they constantly adding in features at the last minute but never involving the design team?
Not long ago, cave paintings were found depicting a fierce battle between product managers and UX designers. True story. It seems everywhere you go, no matter the industry, the size of the team, the product they sell, there is a constant battle between product managers and the UX team.
