There is no exact science to getting this 100% correct, but if you follow these steps, no matter how large or how small your team is, you…
There is no exact science to getting this 100% correct, but if you follow these steps, no matter how large or how small your team is, you will have the framework that will allow you to succeed.
Listed below are the various steps the process with links to articles that expound upon each one. Also included are pitfalls and consequences of not completing that specific step.
1. Solving the Right Problem: The Heart of Effective Design
Make sure you are solving the right problem
2. Defining Success: Setting SMART Goals in Design Projects
Define what success looks like in this scenario
3. From Problems to Solutions: Brainstorming in the Design Process
Brainstorming for ideas on what you need to do
4. Promise What You Can Deliver: Ensuring Feasibility and Client Trust
Knowing what your limitations are is very important to understand
5. Design Success Starts with Content
Knowing what the content is and where its coming from
6. Wireframing: Turning Ideas into Structured Designs
How the data will flow, where it will come from, and what it’ll (kind of) look like
7. Validating Design Ideas with Technical Partners: Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Execution
Getting the proper input from the folks whose job it is to collect or decide that information
8. Building Smarter: How Low-Fidelity Prototypes Speed Up Design & Development
Knowing how your design will work and understand the usability of what you are creating
9. Defining Your Design System: How Style Tiles Shape Your Web & App Design
Identify certain aspects that need visual specification
10. Design Process Checkpoint: Are Problems Solved and Applicable Goals Met?
Analyze what you have
11. The Hidden Design Killer: How Unfinished Content Derails Projects
Determining final text and imagery
12. The Final Touches: Refining Your Design Before Launch
Final adjustments to the UI
13. No More Features! How Late Scope Changes Waste Time and Money
lock-down the scope
14. Spec It Out: Why Writing Functional Specs Is Crucial to the Design Process
Write how the site should function
15. Don’t Clock Out Yet: The Designer’s Role in Building It Right
Solve UI and UX problems that arise
16. Before You Launch: Break the Build, Not the Trust
Review all of the pages built and make note of what is and what isn’t correctly done
17: Small Misses, Big Mistakes: The Designer’s Pre-Launch Review
A few questions that a designer should have once the site is ready.
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