UX Magazine  Defining and Informing the Complex Field of User
Experience (UX) Article No. 961 February 19, 2013  Lead Your UX
Team like Phil Jackson  Leading a team of talented UX
professionals is no easy task. Managing all that creative energy
and the egos that go with it; figuring out ways to give everyone
their desired level of input while keeping it relative to the
project at hand; and having the success of the team define your
job security are all part and parcel. Despite how insurmountable
this all sounds, there’s another profession with similar
challenges on an exploded scale: the NBA coach.  NBA coaches
have to wrangle prima donna players, crazed fans, owners who
views championships as the only measure of success, and a staff
that will never be the same two seasons in a row. In addition,
if a season isn't going well the coach might get fired midway
through. Can you imagine getting axed in the middle of a project
because your team missed a deadline? Youch!  Despite this wild
myriad of obstacles, there'