Design Patterns For Complex UIs and Enterprise UX

Vitaly Friedman

Sr. UX Lead • LinkedIn Top Voice in UX

Design patterns that work — for complex products and Enterprise UX.

Complex products don't have to be complicated. As designers, we need to shape UX to maximize clarity and reduce confusion. This is especially critical when designing for legacy-ridden environments, B2B systems and complex domains.

In this workshop, we’ll cover practical design patterns and real-life examples for:

  • Multi-level navigation (mobile, desktop)

  • Badges vs. Chips vs. Tags vs. Pills

  • Modals vs. pages vs. side views

  • Live filtering, sorting and search

  • Complex data tables and grids

  • Undo vs. confirm vs. cancel UX

  • Complex multi-page forms

  • Hidden vs. Disabled vs. Read-only

  • Validation, toasts, error messages

  • Actionable dashboards and charts UX

  • Legacy systems and third-party UX

  • Decision trees for UI components

That's what you should be expecting:

🔴 Live and practical 4h session
🪴 Real-life examples and case studies
👫 Dedicated Q&A time to answer all your questions
🔬 Video recording, slides, resources, templates
🏅 Well-deserved certificate for your hard work

When users make mistakes, these mistakes compound, causing huge costs, severe delays and poor outcomes. Well, let's fix just that for good!

Workshop agenda

  • 11:30AM EDT

    Designing For Complex Products

    You'll learn the process for designing for experts and complex systems — mental models, cognitive load, matching complexity, how to drive a successful outcome of your UX efforts.


  • 12:00PM EDT

    Multi-Level Navigation UX

    Mega-dropdowns with 4+ levels of navigation, tree navigation, nested app menus, scanning patterns (F-shape vs. Layer-cake pattern), badges, chips, tags, navigation queries, infinite scroll.


  • 12:30PM EDT

    Live Filtering, Sorting, Search UX

    Auto-apply vs. manual apply, filtering overlays, filtering and sorting intervals, sidebar vs. top bar, multi-sorting UX, faceted sorting, autocomplete UX, customized search results.


  • 1:00PM EDT

    ☕ [Break, 15 mins] Stretch your legs!

    Get your coffee, tea, water, snacks and everything in-between!


  • 1:15PM EDT

    Complex Data Tables and Grids UX

    Pivot mode, comparison patterns, select, pin, move, drag, resize, drag-and-drop, keyboard navigation, accessibility, inline editing, bulk actions, tabbed views, filter constructors.


  • 1:45PM EDT

    Complex Multi-Page Forms UX

    Form layout, one page vs. multiple pages, modals vs. pages, undo vs. confirm, cancel and back buttons, errors, toasts, required and optional fields, disabled buttons, live validation.


  • 2:15PM EDT

    ☕ [Break, 15 mins] Stretch your legs!

    Get your coffee, tea, water, snacks and everything in-between!


  • 2:30PM EDT

    Dashboards and Charts UX

    Dashboard types, building blocks, customization, dashboard pressure levels, action dot dashboards, chart types, arrows, scales, colors, arrangement, chart jobs.


  • 3:00PM EDT

    How To Drive Impact In Complex Environments

    You'll learn a practical strategy to get started and making an impact in products with zombie features, fragile systems, conflicting priorities and high-stakes situations.


  • 3:30PM EDT

    Wrapping Up + Q&A

    Next steps, resources, templates and time to answer any questions you might still have.

Learn directly from Vitaly

Vitaly Friedman

Vitaly Friedman

20 years of experience • Senior UX Advisor @ EU Parliament • Speaker • Smashing

European Parliament
Haufe Group
Otto Group
Axel Springer SE
SmashingConf

Who this workshop is for

  • Product designers and product managers who want to make sure they improve UX of their products.

  • Design and UX Leads who want to explore established practices and make more confident and informed UX decisions

  • UX researchers and practitioners who want to improve UX maturity, articulate value and drive better design decisions.

What's included

Vitaly Friedman

Live sessions

Learn directly from Vitaly Friedman in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

100s of real-world examples

Practical guidelines and UX practical to apply right away.

Maven Guarantee

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Frequently asked questions

$295

USD

May 26
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2 cohorts