Project Scoping

  • Set project goals
  • Prioritize features
  • Define target use cases
  • Identify deliverables

Project plan

  • Define design and validation activities
  • Schedule
  • Strategy
  • Time-lines

Research Activities

  • Customer visits
  • Partner interviews
  • Persona Development
  • Surveys
  • Guerilla Testing

Design Activities

  • First 24 hour product review
  • Rapid design labs
  • Wireframes*
  • Interactive prototype*

* May require multiple iterations wireframes, prototypes and guerilla testing

Design Specification

  • System Flow Diagram
  • Screen and dialog layout
  • Button placement
  • Interaction details
  • Hovers, Rollover, tooltips
  • Textual content
  • Visual Design Guidelines
  • Icons and graphics
  • Fonts/Colors/Sizes