[Daniel (developer) and Gagan (QA) sketching out what later became the Case Management MVP]
Investing in partnerships among cross functional stakeholders and making them part of the design process from the very beginning makes for successful products.
Rule #1 MAKE EVERYONE A DESIGNER
Rule #2 ALIGN TOWARDS ONE VISION
Rule #3 SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE
RULE #4 BUILD EXPERIMENTAL MINDSETS
[Sonja (designer) using paper sketches to work out complex interaction models]
I believe that the value designers bring to any complex systems is teasing out the problem space to drive towards simplicity. It requires being able to go broad and define narrow and move creatively between different fidelities depending on what you’re trying to solve.
Rule 1 #THINK ECOSYSTEM
Rule 2 # DESIGN THINKING < > LEAN < > AGILE
Rule 3 #TEST TEST TEST
Rule 4 #START WITH A SKETCH
[Ashwin (designer) watching as end users play with an interactive prototype of the product as part of the pilot launch]
Focusing on the strengths of each team member and of the team as a whole makes for a stronger well connected team and drives success for everyone.
Rule #1 FOCUS ON HIRING
Rule #2 BE A STRONG ADVOCATE
Rule #3 PRIORITISE WELL BEING
Rule #4 PROACTIVELY MANAGE CRAFT & CAREERS