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Design Processes

For every task, we have a single process where you can skip some steps if you need to. In every step, you will find a checklist for tasks. We mark necessary items for done.

Benefits

  • Ensures products are tailored to meet user needs, leading to higher satisfaction, loyalty, and positive user experiences;
  • Transfer business objectives into UX goals;
  • Designers focus on finding solutions rather than determining what to do next, which helps streamline the process till desirable outcome;
  • By identifying and addressing issues early in the design phase, businesses can avoid expensive changes and fixes in the later stages of development or post-launch;
  • Provides clear map of processes to understand effort and calculate terms;
  • Involves all stakeholders and provides collaboration space to align expectations.

In general, we have 6 steps for every task, in simple explanation

1. Immerse

Talk with stakeholders and users understand what we want solve for both sides. If it possible, provide research with customers and know how you can solve the problem

2. Define

it’s about paperwork. You should analyze findings, identify problems to solve, and prioritise the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) or the next release. Also, you can design concepts to help yourself understand how it could work

3. Solution

Ready-made and validated design. Conduct brainstorming sessions to create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups. Validate designs with real users and review with stakeholders

4. Deliver

Prepare a design for developers, add details like described design system, for example

5. Evaluate

Understand how your design works in real life

6. Analyse

Make a plan for the next design improvement with your product team

Let's consider steps closer

1. Immerse ● 1–5 days

We start by understanding and framing the business and users problem, ensuring team alignment with business goals and user needs. The designer reviews the task, clarifies with stakeholders, and plans the approach for investigating the problem area. Key activities include task analysis, stakeholder interviews, and preliminary research planning

Checklist

🔘 Task on the Jira Board*

We can’t work without the Jira task

🔘 Understand what the business wanted

Business Task review and analysis, Interview with critical stakeholders or Kick-off meeting,

🔘 Research assumptions, goals and plans

Try to investigate all information about tasks. Created research scenarios and surveys aligned with previously defined research goals, objectives and business hypotheses.

🔘 Research assets provided*

Analyse product insights, user scenarios, tasks, and exciting user feedback. If you don’t have one, try to find one with the help of stakeholders.

🔘 Conduct research studies

Conduct research studies using various methodologies. Ask

🔘 Research UI directions

Try to understand in the beginning the direction of future UI[UX Audit and ReportConducted UX audit of existing solutions and compared them to business goals

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Existing Feedback and Data Analysis

Analyzing existing user feedback and data to understand how users interact with and feel about a product, identifying areas for improvement

🔸 UX Audit and Expert Evaluation

A systematic review of a product by UX experts to assess its usability, functionality, and adherence to design best practices.

🔸 Competitors Analysis

Evaluating similar products in the market to understand their strengths and weaknesses and to identify opportunities for differentiation

🔸 Interviews

Conducting structured conversations with users or stakeholders to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs, experiences, and perceptions

🔸 Diary Study

A research method where participants record their interactions with a product over time, providing insights into usage patterns and user experiences

🔸 Usability Testing

A technique where users interact with a product to identify usability issues and evaluate the overall user experience

🔸 CJM (Customer Journey Mapping)

Creating a visual representation of a customer's interactions with a product, highlighting the different stages of their experience

🔸 Surveys

Collecting quantitative and qualitative data from users through structured questionnaires to gather insights on user preferences and experiences

🔸 UI Directions Research

Investigating and analyzing various UI trends, styles, and best practices to inform and guide the design of a user interface

🔸 Research Report

A detailed document summarizing the findings, methodologies, and conclusions from conducted research, providing actionable insights for design and strategy

Team

  • Executives
  • Product Owner
  • Product Designer
  • Developer
  • UX Researcher

2. Define ● 2–5 days

In this phase, we synthesize insights from the first stage to define the product's direction clearly. This involves framing the user and business problems, establishing the information architecture.

Checklist

🔘 User persona

Collect data and create a user persona or target audience if you don’t have one yet. If a UX researcher is available, the designer should involve them. Otherwise, the designer and product owner can conduct the research without consulting a researcher.

🔘 Create user stories and document them

Based on the User persona, if you don’t have one yet

🔘 Defined UI direction

Gather references your knowledge and understand how exactly you would like to create a new solution in a visual sense

🔘 Create a product design roadmap with estimations divided into tasks and activities

It will help you create a transparent expectation from each other

🔘 Create visual representations of the user's journey and the product's structure

Design the user’s journey for future design. It will help during the discussion

🔘 Present and obtain approval for the product definition from stakeholders

Discuss the things from the checklist stakeholders

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Persona Creation

Developing fictional characters representing key user types to guide the design process and decision-making

User Scenarios & TasksCreating scenarios to illustrate how different personas interact with the product, focusing on their tasks and goals

🔸 Value Proposition Map

A tool for outlining a product's benefits, features, and the value it offers to users and stakeholders

🔸 HMW’s and Prioritization

"How Might We" questions used to identify challenges and prioritize solutions in the design process

🔸 Affinity Diagram

A visual tool for organizing and categorizing information, ideas, or problems to identify patterns and themes

🔸 User Story Mapping

Visualizing user stories to understand user needs and the sequence of actions within a product

🔸 MoSCoW

Prioritize features for the Minimum Viable Product and plan future releases.

Team

  • Product Designer
  • Product Owner
  • Possibly a UX Researcher for user testing

3. Solution ● 2-6 weeks

In this phase, we create and refine design solutions, from wireframes to high-fidelity designs, through iterative validation with stakeholders and user testing, ensuring they meet user needs and business objectives

Checklist

🔘2-3 design concepts

You should bring 2-3 concepts for discussion with stakeholders

🔘 Interaction design

Do a prototype in Figma and show everyone or a presentation

🔘 High-Fidelity Design

Prepare the final design for the product

🔘 Feedback loop with stakeholders

Get the final approval from the team

🔘 User Testing

Provide tests with real users

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Concept workshop

A concept workshop in product design is a collaborative meeting where ideas and concepts are generated, discussed, and refined to help guide the development of a new product.

🔸 Site and content map

This visual represents the structure and hierarchy of a website or application, including its pages, sections, features, and content.

🔸 Ideations sketches & Wireframing

Generate and visualize initial ideas and concepts before the detailed design phase

🔸 Prototype

Preliminary representation of ideas and concepts to explore potential solutions

🔸 UI Concept

It's the initial visual representation of the user interface, showcasing the basic layout and design elements.

🔸 High-Fidelity Design

This refers to detailed, polished designs that closely resemble the final product, including precise layouts, colours, fonts, and graphics

🔸 Testing Hypothesis

This involves creating specific assumptions about user behaviour or product functionality that are tested for validity through various research methods

🔸 Usability Testing

A method where real users interact with a product to identify any usability issues and assess the user experience

🔸 Concept Validation

The process of verifying whether a product concept meets the needs and expectations of its target audience

🔸 Surveys

A research tool is used to gather user data and insights through a series of questions related to the product or user experience

🔸 Test Report

A comprehensive document presents the findings, results, and conclusions drawn from various tests conducted during product development

Team

  • Product Designer
  • Product Owner
  • Stakeholder
  • Possibly a UX Researcher for user testing

4. Delivery  ● 2–20 days

During the "Deliver" phase, the emphasis moves from the creative aspects of ideation and design to finalization, handoff, and the precise implementation of the design concepts. This stage is crucial to ensure that the original design vision is effectively reflected in the final product, with no compromise in fidelity or user experience.The objective in this phase is to facilitate a seamless transition from design to development. This includes ensuring that the design's intent is fully realized in the final product, as well as establishing metrics for evaluating the product's performance after launch.

Checklist

🔘 Finalize design assets

Create and finalize all necessary design assets, such as illustrations and icons.

🔘 Stakeholder review

Conduct a final design review with stakeholders to ensure alignment and approval.

🔘 Prepare design documentation for handoff

Develop comprehensive design documentation to facilitate a seamless handoff to the development team.

🔘 Provide design QA for development

Engage with the Development and  Quality Assurance (QA) team to ensure the accuracy of design implementation.

🔘 Define post-evaluation metrics

Establish metrics using tools like Google Analytics, Hotjar, Looker and etc. for post-launch evaluation.

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Design systems and Style guides

Utilize and update Design systems or Design UI kit and style guides for consistency, visual assets  in design implementation.

🔸 Design quality assurance (DQA)

Implement DQA processes to maintain design integrity throughout development.

🔸 Feedback loops and collaboration tools

Establish feedback loops and use collaboration tools like JIRA, Teams for effective communication.

🔸 UX and product metrics definition

Define specific UX and product metrics for tools to evaluate post-launch performance.

🔸 Design knowledge

Fill in design knowledge table to gain a better understanding of our impact on the product.

🔸 Surveys and Usability tests

Plan usability tests and prepare surveys and channels for user feedback to assess the ease of use of the solution.

Team

  • Product Designer
  • Product Owner
  • Stakeholders
  • Business analyst

5. Evaluate  ● 1–8 weeks

In the "Evaluate" phase, the emphasis is on assessing the performance of the launched solution. This involves collecting data, gathering user feedback, and conducting experiments like A/B tests to understand the effectiveness of the design and identify areas for improvement.To measure the success of the design solution post-launch, gather insights on its performance for later analyse.

Checklist

🔘 Data collection

Systematically collect data on user interactions and performance metrics based on business key performance metrics.

🔘 Performance analysis

Analyze the overall performance of the design, focusing on usability, user experience data defined before.

🔘 User feedback synthesis

Collect user feedback from external and internal sources to gather insights.

🔘 A/B testing

Implement A/B tests to compare different design variations and their effectiveness.

🔘 Usability tests

Execute usability tests to identify any user experience issues or obstacles on implemented solution and benchmark thing like time on task or errors.

🔘 Journey mapping

Map user journeys to understand their experience and identify critical touch points on released service.

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Analytics tools and funnels

Utilize tools like Google Analytics and Looker for in-depth analysis and funnel visualization.

🔸 User feedback tools, platforms and integrations

To collect feedback, use tools such as survey, platform reviews, or integrated in-product surveys.

🔸 Heatmaps and Session Recordings

Use heatmaps and session recordings to visually understand user behavior.

🔸 Product Key Performance Metrics

Measure and analyze key performance metrics to align with business objectives and UX success metrics.

Team

  • Product designer
  • Data Analyst
  • Product Owner
  • UX Researcher
  • Marketing Team

6. Refine ● 1–3 weeks

Focus is on synthesizing insights and feedback from the "Evaluate" phase to identify new challenges and areas for improvement. This phase prepares for the next cycle of design enhancements, promoting continuous product evolution.

Checklist

🔘 Insight synthesis & challenge Identification

Compile and distill insights and business challenges from evaluations into actionable information.

🔘 Regular data reviews and prioritization

Conduct routine reviews of collected data to stay updated and informed.

🔘 Stakeholder alignment

Ensure that stakeholders are aligned with the priorities and direction for the next cycle.

🔘 Roadmap update and fill Jira backlog*

Review the product and design roadmap to include identified challenges and planned improvements.

🔘 Kick-off Next Cycle

Begin planning and initiating the next cycle or task in the design process.

Methodologies and frameworks

🔸 Data review meetings

Establish and maintain feedback loops for continuous improvement & schedule meetings dedicated to data review and discussion

🔸 Affinity mapping & prioritization

Use affinity mapping to organize and categorize insights for better understanding and utilize a prioritization matrix to effectively organize and tackle challenges.

🔸 Gap analysis

Perform gap analysis to identify and address areas needing improvement.

🔸 Product key performance metrics

Measure and analyze key performance metrics to align with business objectives and UX success metrics.Team

Results

This process was created to make solutions that have a positive impact on metrics. Throughout the year, we have launched many projects that have helped us reach the right conclusion through research and a step-by-step analysis of the task. We have also made many improvements based on post-analysis of features that have led to improved metrics.