Introducing Hostile Sheep 2019

We've updated our branding and how we talk about ourselves at the beginning of 2019. We've evolved, streamlined and simplified. Thanks to all our clients who've helped us refine our approach, our nomenclature, and our business model. We're now offering more value than ever! #Studies #Standards

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2. We’re a product design firm.
3. Studies & Standards
4. Studies & Standards Product research & testing Product design & management
5. Software & web Discover Define Design Develop Deliver Studies Standards On-call consulting blocks
6. Product design Sites and apps as products • Digital products sit between traditional goods and services, often having attributes of both. • They include websites, apps, kiosks, digital signs, and other stuff users hire to help them achieve a goal. • Studies and standards are used to either build a product, maintain a product, or evaluate a product. goods services products
7. Dedicated team Our team dedicated to you Our team will be dedicated to you for a specific period of time. We won’t work on anything else. After your timebox is complete, you may not need us again. If you do, we will be available as needed through our on-call consulting. We can use these ‘consulting blocks’ for revisions, additional presentations, evaluations of down-stream work, or merely staying involved at a regular cadence.
8. Shotgun proposal “It’s approved. We need to get started tomorrow.” We write proposals for every project but they don’t need to be complicated. Give us the details and we’ll generate a proposal quickly and painlessly. Emergency proposals in as little as 1hr.
9. Studies (product research: testing, evaluations, analyses, scans, surveys, interviews)
10. What to study? Products… and the people that use them We specialize in usability testing and jobs-to-be-done- style user interviews. We want to uncover user needs and improve products in general. Product research also includes evaluations and analyses, of existing products, the competition, or a whole market. These evaluations and analyses can be comprehensive or focused on a specific aspect such as accessibility or usability.
11. Speed makes us different Standard qualitative research Time: 2-weeks Any special recruitment or facility rentals must occur prior to commencing the 2-week time box. This type of project breaks down over 10-business days: 3-days of planning, 3-days of tests/interviews, 3-days of analysis, final day to present.
12. Speed makes us different Standard quantitative research Time: 3-weeks (2-week-split) Again, all recruiting would occur prior to the time box and would give participants a defined window to complete the survey or self-serve test. We would split a 2-week time box, using the first week to create the test and the second week to analyze the results. We would use at least one week in-between to allow users to complete the test/survey. We can leave it open as long as we need as you will only be charged for the first week and the last week.
13. Speed makes us different Evaluations & analyses Time: 1-week One of the easiest ways to engage us is by asking us to evaluate your product. In a single week we can generally include 4 evaluations in our final report: • Heuristic evaluation • Competitive evaluation • Accessibility evaluation • Analytics evaluation
14. Standards (product design: experience design, design systems, information architecture)
15. Design standards UX guidelines for software and web development Time: 1-3 weeks Better than wireframes alone, our design standards deliver guidelines for information design, pattern design, and page design the entire team can use. • Information design is used to establish mental models, user flows, categorization, and navigation. • Pattern design is used to build a custom design system with wireframed patterns and rationale. • Page design uses the design system to build wireframed pages, states, and annotations or functionality.
16. Info design Complex products require use cases, user flows, and clear information architecture Step 1 Guess what, even simple products require these things. So, we provide them every time. Whether we’re working on a simple website or a complicated application, we start by defining the user flows and the information architecture. This can include simple user flows, complex journey maps or blueprints, or even detailed taxonomy Excel sheets. From simple site maps to exhaustive content inventories.
17. Pattern design We create a custom design system for every product. Step 2 Your custom design system represents the building blocks of your product. We will define a solid foundation of re- usable components required to meet the user needs and user flows. Even simple websites benefit from a simple, streamlined design system, so, we produce one for every project.
18. Page design We show you how to use the patterns to build pages. Step 3 You want low-fidelity prototypes; we have decades of experience building all kinds. We generally default to annotated static wireframes or Axure-based HTML prototypes, but we are can create low-fi prototypes in dozens of ways based on our clients preference. We typically create core pages or page templates with placeholder content, but can create comprehensive prototypes with real content if needed.
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20. Case studies available by request
21. Thank you www.HostileSheep.com | Jordan@hostilesheep.com