Do you use icons/emojis to enforce the text meaning?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
Using icons
❌ Figure: Bad example - No icons to indicate the status
✅ Figure: Good example - Green tick and red cross help the user to know what's going on
Using emojis
I join a lot of Sprint Reviews, and there is a consistent problem I see among Scrum teams. The PBIs have limited or missing information. Usually, this is due to unclear requirements...
❌ Figure: Bad example - No emojis to enforce the meaning
I join a lot of Sprint Reviews, and there is a consistent problem I see among Scrum teams. The PBIs have limited or missing information 😥. Usually, this is due to unclear requirements...
✅ Figure: Good example - The emoji gives extra focus on what is important
See this rule being used on different scenarios:
- Adding the type of file next to download links (before the text)
- Adding an icon to external links (after the text)
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