UX Glossary

A framework by Spotify. A Squad is a small cross-functional self-organized team with usually less than 8 people. They have end-to-end responsibilities and they work together towards their long-term mission. On Squads the key drive is autonomy.

Each Squad has autonomy to decide what to build, how to build it, and how to work together while building it. Although they need to be aligned to the Squad mission, product strategy, and short term goals.

Churn rate is the rate at which you are losing customers.

User Onboarding is the process of increasing the likelihood that new users become successful when adopting your product. 

The concept of basically connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet (and/or to each other). This includes everything from cellphones, coffee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps, wearable devices and almost anything else you can think of.  

Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts.

Machine learning (ML) is the science of helping computers discover patterns and relationships in data instead of being manually programmed.

Animations, microinteractions, micro-mini interactions, haptic feedback, interstitial anxiety...

Interaction Design it’s the design of the interaction between users and products. The goal of IxD is to create products that enable the user to achieve their objectives in the best way possible.

Frontloading is the practice of putting your important concepts first.