Types of Feedback

Definitions

• Constructive criticism: Feedback that points out where improvements can be made. It's clear and easy to take action on, without being prescriptive.
• Non-constructive criticism: Feedback that doesn't help you improve your design to meet the goals of the project. This type of feedback can leave you confused, unsure, and feeling as if your professional skills are in question.
• Prescriptive feedback: Feedback that tells the designer what to do. It doesn't clearly articulate why your solution isn't achieving the project goal, thereby making it difficult to learn from and act on.
• Preferential feedback: Feedback which is just the opinion of the person providing the feedback, and doesn't represent the project's audience.
• Non-specific feedback: Feedback that leaves no clear path forward and leaves the designer to play a guessing game.
• Irrelevant feedback: Feedback that is not applicable to the project
• Untimely feedback: Feedback that is given without consideration of the project timeline.
• Selfish feedback: Feedback that twists the design solution to the critic's advantage and not serving the target end user.
• Off-topic feedback: Feedback that doesn't pertain to the project or your role in the project.
• Incomplete feedback: Feedback which lacks an explanation