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The Design Process

The Design Process

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A Question I Didn’t Have An Answer

Exactly four and a half months ago I was asked by an interviewer ‘how would you go about designing a solution for ….’

I had an answer but it was not sticky, not to them, not to me.

Today I have an answer (sticky to me at least). Here’s my design process:


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Level 1 (contd.)

Level 1 (contd.)

Do some secondary research to understand the problem space? Goal: to find at least 5 to 6 topics that are hot in the industry (of course around the problem space)

Talk to the users to understand their literacy about the challenge space (are they catching up with the trends or they are too lazy) 

Find people who are influential in the industry (Subject Matter Experts) 

Ok, now compile the data and look for themes and patterns (there’s more in data than we can see/spot)

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Level 2, 3 & 4 are about ideation (contd.)

Level 2, 3 & 4 are about ideation (contd.)

Stop at just enough research. Come up with a broad (big enough) overreaching problem statement. 

Level 3: Persuade the team to jump into the Design Sprint to tackle the challenge in a together, alone setting.

Day 1 of the sprint is imp because its all about zeroing on the challenges the team hopes to tackle during the sprint

Day 2: The fun starts —> Designing the solution. 

Day 3: Choosing a solution 

Day 4: Breaking the solution in smaller fragments that could be prototyped

Day 5: User Test

Level 4: Repeat 🔁 [Iteration Sprint]

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Level 5,6 & 7 - Here we build

Level 5,6 & 7 - Here we build

Level 5: Take 80 hrs (roughly 2 weeks) to design a development ready solution

Level 6: Metrics & Events (still figuring out), simultaneously get coding.

Level 7: Ship with analytics in place (figuring it out) 

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A designer who’s learning how to build and sell. Exploring ways to get maximum leverage by acquiring specific knowledge. I take compounding very seriously.

CURATOR'S NOTE

Design is subjective but doesn’t have to be unstructured

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