Designing with Constraints: Real-Life UX Lessons Amedea Derenda1 1 Kaldi d.o.o., Dunajska cesta 22, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Abstract This talk explores the art of crafting effective user experiences when resources are limited, deadlines are tight, and teams are lean. Using real-world projects and case studies, we’ll dive into how UX principles adapt to practical constraints, what goes into the product lifecycle in non-academic settings, and the importance of securing stakeholder buy-in. Amedea will share insights how to balancing ideal UX practices with the realities of everyday challenges and the creativity it takes to make impactful design decisions, spanning from her 1/+ year career as a UX designer. HCI SI 2024: Human-Computer Interaction Slovenia 2024, November 8th, 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia Envelope-Open amedea@kaldi.si (A. Derenda) © 2024 Copyright for this paper by its authors. Use permitted under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). CEUR Workshop Proceedings http://ceur-ws.org ISSN 1613-0073 CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org) CEUR ceur-ws.org Workshop ISSN 1613-0073 Proceedings