Gain consensus within the comments and feedback. Our colleague's opinions are very important. Push for informed clarity from project managers and stakeholders over subjective “I like this” or “I prefer it to be...”
Ask for solid examples
Show what our competitors are doing and ask “why wouldn’t we do this?”
The Design Sign-off Meeting
This is a 25 minute meeting to gut check the design and the choices made to this point. There shouldn’t be any design work being done ad-hoc without this meeting to sync.
Prototypes are mandatory
Design decisions or feedback happen at the prototype level not on the Figma file.
This will help our team move away from group think.
Lo-Fi sketches are used in early rounds to ensure sync and promote team discovery
User Research
In addition to JTBDs, we will need to attach real customer archetypes to our product development process. Investor, Issuer, Firm, Analysts?
No Date? Nothing to discuss. Period.
We only work on actual work. If you don’t have a firm date to work back from, backlog your PRD and look to firm up dates. Respect for our colleagues time outweighs our to-do lists.
5 steps Design to Work
Make the requirements less dumb - question the question.
Challenge and question the requirements, no matter who gave them to you.
Delete parts of processes.
Start from the core and add when required. Resist the urge to add things ‘just in case’.
Simplify and optimize.
Now you’re answering the right question and have stripped it to the core you can begin to optimize what you have.
Accelerate cycle time.
Again, knowing you’re moving in the right direction, its time to iterate faster.
Automate.
Finally, consider how to automate processes moving forward.
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