Equipping your team with the right product development tools is a big part of making sure that your product is a success. Using the wrong software (or not using any at all) can result in billions of dollars wasted due to serious productivity and communication issues. In the following article, we’re going to mention our
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Does Your Team Need a Design Operations Manager?
Design operations managers have become increasingly important as more companies turn to digital products that help them connect with customers and streamline processes. If your design team members work on several projects simultaneously, it makes sense to bring in someone who knows how to manage designers and developers. As a relatively new position, design operations
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How to Create a Rapid Development Process for Digital Products: Lessons from PayPal
Managers and efficiency experts have created several methodologies that promise to improve workflow. Some of the most popular ones include: Agile Waterfall Scrum Kanban Spiral model Each of these approaches has its pros and cons. Countless teams have benefited from Agile software development and the waterfall model. PayPal’s design department, however, faced a problem that
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Encourage collaborative design to build better products
“Design is a process. An intimate collaboration between engineers, designers, and clients,” — Henry Dreyfuss, design pioneer. Collaborative design has helped people make some of the greatest products in modern history. Bill Gates and Paul Allen collaborated to build Microsoft, the world’s largest software company and Windows innovator. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak needed each
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Design Your Own Design Process Step By Step
Managers have developed dozens—at least—of processes that they believe improve efficiency and get better results. Those series of steps, however, may not match the needs of your design team. You might also find that some projects don’t fit into the restrictions of established stages of design? Who says you can’t make a design process of
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Understanding DesignOps and Its Role in Design Teams
When you have a very small design team with just a couple of people, you might wonder why anyone needs a DesignOps professional. As your agency grows larger, you start recruiting help from more freelancers, or your products become more complicated, you will quickly realize that DesignOps plays a crucial role in design teams. If
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The Secrets of Effective Design Teamwork
Today’s designs often require the work of multiple professionals who have experience in areas like graphic design, animation, and coding. Whether you have two people or two dozen people working on a project, perfecting your approach to team design will streamline your processes and lead to better results. The talents and personalities of your colleagues
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How Storyboards Help You Solve Project Problems
You know that you have a long road ahead of you when you start a new project. Unfortunately, the journey rarely takes a direct path. Instead, you find yourself veering off of the planned course when you encounter unexpected problems. Storyboard benefits can help you predict some of those problems, making it easier for you
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Solving Agile UX: Advice from Laura Klein
Agile and Lean UX advice from Laura Klein
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Beyond Buzzwords: 4 Tips for Smoother Agile UX
Simple techniques for less Agile UX headaches. A practical read for product managers, product designers, and UX leaders.
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A Practical Approach to Functional Specifications Documents
Learn about the anatomy of functional specs, why they’re helpful, and a few creative alternatives.
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Hold on to reality: restrain your creativity and your feedback. Part 2.
When restrain creativity? This is part 2 of tips that got Bubble Browser to the Evernote’s Dev Cup 2012 shortlist (and further).
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