1. Initial Steps
Deciding to build an MVP/MVE
Look at the numbers & address any feedback
Define your strengths, set your goals, and begin framing the questions you want to ask.
2. Research
The beginning of every design process starts with research. Resolving problems creates value, which attracts & retains customers.
Extract knowledge from experts; team-based workshops with internal & external stakeholders. Gain key insights through creative ideation to make informed decisions about potential UX/UI solutions.
Gain precise info from the client, users & potential customers to help identify the people that face similar problems. Use this effort to avoid any obstacles facing the design.
3. Synthesize The Data
Divide the information into a framework designed to deconstruct the current product or service, it's issues, customers' needs, and the potential gains of a new solution.
Discover the pain points, opportunities, personas and scenarios – these revelations begin to serve as the cornerstone of our design solution.
4. IA & Messaging
Understanding the hierarchy of the user & business needs.
Barriers to resolution begin to dissolve once information is visualized. Complex problems become easier to understand; solutions present themselves.
Create accurate documentation to gain a top-down view of content and structure – using tools like FigJam & Mural.
5. Wire-framing & Prototyping
Usable & useful can be delightful & beautiful too.
Responsive & adaptive UI solutions that anticipate, engage and delight the user.
Using tools that allow for quick iteration – Figma, Sketch, inVision, Adobe CC – along with pencil & paper.
6. Test, Build & Iterate
Prototype, test, and iterate on solutions with users & stakeholders.
Validate ideas quickly without major effort:
$1 of design = $6 of dev
Chaos is redundant — keep what matters & keep it simple.