This document summarizes a presentation about collaboration in design work. It discusses that design relies on collaboration between different roles, and effective communication is important for successful collaboration. It identifies some challenges to communication between designers, developers, and other roles due to different backgrounds and jargon. It recommends establishing a shared language without jargon, socializing between disciplines, and learning about each other's work. The document also presents some tools for collaboration it has found useful, including cross-functional workshops to create prototypes and coded MVPs together, as well as design and development pairing for more realistic prototyping.

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Let’s all be friends!
How design relies
on collaboration

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! Senior UX Designer
! Designer for 15 years
! Projects:
React GraphQL Academy,
Bank of England, Thomas
Cook, Boston University
I’m Paul Woodley

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Show of hands

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1. The production
process and design

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The LeanJS team I’ve been working with…

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The LeanJS team I’ve been working with…
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What designers do? The common perception
! UI design
! Wireframing

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What designers do? The reality
! Field research
! UI design
! User recruitment
! F2F interviewing
! Creating user tests
! Branding
! Running testing sessions
! Creation of personas
! Creation of JTBD
! Requirement gathering
! Success metrics creation
! Graphic Arts
! Wireframing
! Copywriting
! Prototyping
! Interface layout
! Content creation ! Information architecture
! Taxonomy creation
! Presentation and speaking
! Product ownership
! Workshop administration
! Working with developers
! Working alongside marketing
! Analysing analytics
! Company culture evangelism
! Stakeholder relations
! Project management

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The UX process
! Field research ! UI design
! User recruitment! F2F interviewing
! Creating user tests
! Branding
! Running testing sessions
! Creation of personas
! Creation of JTBD
! Requirement gathering
! Success metrics creation
! Graphic Arts
! Wireframing
! Copywriting
! Prototyping
! Interface layout
! Content creation! Information architecture
! Taxonomy creation
! Workshop administration
! Analysing analytics
Research Analysis Prototyping Testing Iterate Visuals/UI
! Presentation and speaking! Product ownership
! Working with developers
! Working alongside marketing
! Company culture evangelism ! Stakeholder relations
! Project management
!

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What about these?
! Field research ! UI design
! User recruitment! F2F interviewing
! Creating user tests
! Branding
! Running testing sessions
! Creation of personas
! Creation of JTBD
! Requirement gathering
! Success metrics creation
! Graphic Arts
! Wireframing
! Copywriting
! Prototyping
! Interface layout
! Content creation! Information architecture
! Taxonomy creation
! Workshop administration
! Analysing analytics
Research Analysis Prototyping Testing Iterate Visuals/UI
! Presentation and speaking! Product ownership
! Working with developers
! Working alongside marketing
! Company culture evangelism ! Stakeholder relations
! Project management
!

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Part of the wider production process
! Presentation and speaking
! Product ownership
! Working with developers
! Working alongside marketing
! Company culture evangelism
! Stakeholder relations
! Project management
Strategy DevelopmentDesign
! All those design tools/skills

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A UXer’s painpoints
! Presentation and speaking
! Product ownership
! Working with developers
! Working alongside marketing
! Company culture evangelism
! Stakeholder relations
! Project management
Strategy DevelopmentDesign
! All those design tools/skills
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2. Communication is
everything

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Communicating is difficult
How designers messed it up
! Avoiding devs because of code
! Design’s association with art
! Qual vs Quant
! Design jargon

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Communicating is difficult
How developers messed it up
! Development jargon

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Communicating is difficult
How everyone else messed it up
! Design’s association with art
“Design is just how it looks”
! Design as magic - craving
‘tadaa’ moments 🎉 🎉 🎉

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What everyone needs - a shared language
! To feel included and not alienated
! Plain English - no jargon!
! Befriend others disciplines socially
! Get people involved earlier
! Learn CSS & The Box Model (Devs)

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“Why should I bother?”
It’s not just production.
Explaining yourself clearly
is key for career
progression
From stakeholders to customer services to
investors, communicating effectively will smooth
the way and help your career

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3. Tools I’ve found useful

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Cross functional workshops
! Ranges from few hours to full days
! Designers, devs, PM/PO, Stakeholders,
Marketing, Customer Services
! Create strategies, tested prototypes,
coded - admittedly hacky - MVPs
! Prep is everything (tools to follow!)

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Prototyping - Design & Development Pairing
! Coded MVP prototypes, ready to
build upon
! No need for wireframes
! More realistic for testing
! Builds the shared language
! Stakeholders could be sceptical

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4. Let’s summarise
Questions? Sli.do - #T589

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Time to recap
! UX is more than just the design
thinking process
! Communication is everything
! Learning from others can help you in
production AND in your career
! Workshops and pairing can aid
communication and be more efficient

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Thank you!