PRODUCT DESIGN LIFE CYCLE
High-level overview
I do not have a defined process until I learn the project details.
Due to project restraints, a user experience process is to be tailored to fit specific project needs, both business and functional.
Not every client has the time & budget for ethnographic research, focus groups, usability testing, dogo mapping, and high-fidelity wireframes.
01 UNDERSTAND /
02 RESEARCH /
03 SKETCH /
04 DESIGN /
05 IMPLEMENT /
06 EVALUATE
01
Understand
Stakeholders
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Designers
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Business Manager
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Product Manager
ACTIVITIES
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Meet, talk, observe and understand users in their environment
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Analyze requirements to understand and clarify them
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Define user personas and use-cases
OUTCOME
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User Personas
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User Stories
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Use Cases, User Flows
02
Research
STAKEHOLDERS
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Designers
activities
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Study of competitors’ approaches.
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Research on similar features in the world.
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Analysis of latest UI/UX trends, design principles, and rules
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Keep an eye on your own UX guidelines.
outcome
Preparing ideas and material for an actual design work
03
Sketch
stakeholders
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Design Team
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Product Managers
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Technical Experts
activities
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Generate ideas and work on basic sketches
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Brainstorming sessions with stakeholders to get their feedback from a technical perspective
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Re-draw sketches and re-test them with stakeholders
outcome
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Sketches
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Wireframes, Mockups
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User flows
04
Design
stakeholders
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Designers
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Product Managers
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Business Manager
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Developers
activities
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Design UI images
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Define final theme, specs, and guidelines required for implementation
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Design icons to display on screens
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Sessions with stakeholders to get their feedback from business and technical perspective
outcome
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Design images
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Detailed design specs like colors, theme, styles, guidelines
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Icons
05
Implement
stakeholders
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Developers
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Designers
activities
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Implement back-end functionality and front interface
outcome
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Developed UI with complete functionality and experience following the designed theme and style
06
Evaluate
stakeholders
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Designers
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Product Manager
activities
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Go through the flow and feel the experience
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Perform a comparison of implementation and defined interface
outcome
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User feedback
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UI audit reports
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Areas marked where improvement is required
With a product that continues to grow, I will repeat what I did from the 2nd step.