Scope creep is a common issue in UX design projects. By proactively preventing scope creep, UX designers can ensure that their projects are completed on time and within budget.  Establishing clear goals and objectives, creating a design brief, encouraging collaboration, planning for the unexpected, and creating a system of governance are all effective ways project

Any design team needs to know exactly what they’re working towards. Without this, it can be easy to lose focus on the critical aims and goals of their work and projects. Design team goals are a great way to ensure your team is on track to completing the right tasks and to help productivity and

Developing digital products from scratch requires a lot of resources. Multi-brand design systems enable organizations to build once, duplicate, and customize–saving thousands of design and development hours. This centralized approach to design systems means organizations can share costs across different brands while providing a framework to enter markets with new products much faster. Sync your

Workshops and design sprints are standard in most design processes. These collaborative exercises allow design teams to get valuable input from multiple departments and stakeholders. Design facilitation provides the essential planning and framework to ensure these exercises deliver successful outcomes. Facilitators must guide team members through various tasks and activities to achieve the activity’s goals

Content exists across multiple touchpoints sourced from numerous creators. A UX content strategy ensures content production and governance remain high quality and consistency to enhance a product’s user experience while meeting business goals. We’ll explore two significant factors in developing and maintaining a content strategy: A content strategy team uses these facets to create a

Design handoffs are a tense time. Designers and engineers speak separate languages and work within different constraints, making communication and collaboration challenging. The first step to bridging this gap is defining what engineers need for development. Communicating these needs at the start of the design process will help designers prepare accordingly and streamline the design

Is design handoff stresses you out? It won’t anymore. Let’s see the exact tasks you need to do to make design handoff better. Let’s explore! Design handoff doesn’t need to be point of friction between designers and engineers. Use UXPin Merge and bridge the gap between those teams by using a single source of truth.

We’re always looking for new ways to enhance prototyping and cross-functional collaboration. Collaborative prototyping is a “hyper-efficient” sprint methodology to create a prototype in one day. Bring collaboration between designers and developers to the ultimate level. Introduce a single source of truth for design and create high-fidelity interactive prototypes in minutes that devs can replicate

We’ve looked at how to make it easier for designers and developers to work together. But what roadblocks and workflows work against this collaboration? We’ve researched common mistakes design teams and product managers make when working with software engineers and how they can collaborate better. Reducing friction and roadblocks creates a smoother product development process

Collecting feedback is an integral part of a product designer’s work – one which allows them to make sure that the product they’re designing is both intuitive and adds value to users’ lives. However, it’s not just about asking fellow designers, stakeholders, and developers for their opinions, per se. It’s about getting the most out

Many organizations struggle to free themselves of legacy systems and the headaches they possess. These outdated ecosystems present many challenges, including user experience and digital innovation. The burdens of legacy technology are why challenger banks can compete with traditional banks, adopt sophisticated technology, and deliver products to customers significantly faster. This article explores the challenges

We partnered with UXPin users dotSource to demonstrate how an agency working on multiple products, each with its own design system, leverages Merge technology to create a single source of truth between design and development. Create a single source of truth for your product’s design system with UXPin Merge. Visit our Merge page for more

With hundreds of programming languages, it can be overwhelming for UX and product designers to comprehend or decide which one is worth learning. While learning code isn’t essential for a UX designer’s job, it can help them understand technical constraints and improve collaboration with development teams. This article explores six programming languages for UI/UX designers

Merge’s npm integration gives design teams more control to import fully functional component libraries from the npm registry. The benefit of designing prototypes with a component library is designers get full functionality and fidelity without writing a single line of code! If you’re unsure what any of this “npm stuff” means, don’t worry, this article

Design leadership isn’t about micromanaging every little step. Rather, a good design leader is able to provide impactful direction for their team. How exactly does a design leader encourage a positive and meaningful product design work environment? Let’s start by taking a look at the key steps to take for managing a design team successfully