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Multidisciplinary Teams and UX Prototyping Strategy

Multidisciplinary Teams and UX Prototyping Strategy

The idea of multidisciplinary teams and UX wireframing/prototyping has been discussed by the UX Team for quite some time, but it remains unclear how can this process could work at Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Tim Broadwater

March 21, 2018
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    Multidisciplinary Teams and UX Prototyping Strategy
    Tim Broadwater / Kevin Voller

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    Multidisciplinary Teams and UX Prototyping Strategy
    Table of Contents
    Executive Summary............................................................................................................ 3
    DSG Team Skill Set Analysis.............................................................................................. 4
    DSG Team Structure and Learning Analysis................................................................... 11
    External Analysis............................................................................................................... 15
    Optimization and Prototyping.......................................................................................... 20
    Workflow Product Comparison........................................................................................ 23
    Summary........................................................................................................................... 25

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    Executive Summary
    The idea of multidisciplinary teams and UX wireframing/prototyping has been
    discussed by the UX Team for quite some time, but it remains unclear how can this
    process could work at Dick’s Sporting Goods.
    To analyze the efficacy and efficiency of both multidisciplinary teams and UX
    wireframing/prototyping – since the process could/should be potentially
    interrelated – we employed the following assessments:
    • Survey and analyze current members of the Front-End Development, User Interface,
    and User Experience teams at Dick’s Sporting Goods about their workflows, what
    interest they may have in working with other teams, and how this process could
    work for everyone in the future.
    • Survey and analyze external corporate workflows, processes, and practices outside
    of Dick’s Sporting Goods to determine what others feel works for their design and
    development process.
    • Examine quantifiable benefits for Dick’s Sporting Goods concerning blind
    optimization testing, versus conducting user research with wireframes/prototypes,
    and basing optimization tests on user data.
    • Analyze, catalog, and explore lean software suites, educational opportunities, and
    processes/workflows that eliminate waste, and increase efficacy and efficiency.

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    DSG Team Skill Set Analysis

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    UI Skill Set Visualization
    This infographic is a visualization of the User Interface team’s skill set. They’re
    aligned vertically by level of experience – ranging from No Experience to Expert –
    and distributed horizontally by a project life-cycle/development methodology (and
    alphabetically), wherein a project proceeds through the steps of research, design,
    interaction, web, development, and accessibility (with workflow/work management
    being placed in the middle). Feel free to zoom-in to see more detail.
    * Each bar represents a single survey response.
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    Front-End Dev Skill Set Visualization
    This infographic is a visualization of the Front-End Development team’s skill set. They’re
    aligned vertically by level of experience – ranging from No Experience to Expert –
    and distributed horizontally by a project life-cycle/development methodology (and
    alphabetically), wherein a project proceeds through the steps of research, design,
    interaction, web, development, and accessibility (with workflow/work management
    being placed in the middle). Feel free to zoom-in to see more detail.
    * Each bar represents a single survey response.
    Qualitative
    Research &
    Analysis
    Quantitative
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    User Testing Competitive
    Benchmarking
    Content Strategy Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe
    Photoshop
    GIMP Sketch Adobe XD Axure Balsamic InVision Bitbucket Bitnami GitHub Vagrant HTML CSS SCSS AJAX Angular JavaScript jQuery Node React Aria Roles Color Contrast WCAG 2.0
    Research Design Interaction Workflow Web Development Accessibility
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    Research &
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    User Testing Competitive
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    Photoshop
    GIMP Sketch Adobe XD Axure Balsamic InVision Bitbucket Bitnami GitHub Vagrant HTML CSS SCSS AJAX Angular JavaScript jQuery Node React Aria Roles Color Contrast WCAG 2.0
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    UX Skill Set Visualization
    This infographic is a visualization of the User Experience team’s skill set. They’re
    aligned vertically by level of experience – ranging from No Experience to Expert –
    and distributed horizontally by a project life-cycle/development methodology (and
    alphabetically), wherein a project proceeds through the steps of research, design,
    interaction, web, development, and accessibility (with workflow/work management
    being placed in the middle). Feel free to zoom-in to see more detail.
    Qualitative
    Research &
    Analysis
    Quantitative
    Research &
    Analysis
    User Testing Competitive
    Benchmarking
    Content Strategy Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe
    Photoshop
    GIMP Sketch Adobe XD Axure Balsamic InVision Bitbucket Bitnami GitHub Vagrant HTML CSS SCSS AJAX Angular JavaScript jQuery Node React Aria Roles Color Contrast WCAG 2.0
    Research Design Interaction Workflow Web Development Accessibility
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    Familiar
    Some Experience
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    * Each bar represents a single survey response.
    Qualitative
    Research &
    Analysis
    Quantitative
    Research &
    Analysis
    User Testing Competitive
    Benchmarking
    Content Strategy Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe
    Photoshop
    GIMP Sketch Adobe XD Axure Balsamic InVision Bitbucket Bitnami GitHub Vagrant HTML CSS SCSS AJAX Angular JavaScript jQuery Node React Aria Roles Color Contrast WCAG 2.0
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    Team Skill Set Visualization
    This infographic is a visualization of the averaged Front-End Development, User
    Interface, and User Experience team’s skill sets. They’re aligned vertically by level of
    experience – ranging from No Experience to Expert – and distributed horizontally by
    a project life-cycle/development methodology, wherein a project proceeds through
    the steps of research, design, interaction, web, development, and accessibility (with
    workflow/work management being placed in the middle).
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    Research Design Interaction Workflow Web Development Accessibility
    Team Skill Set Discrepancies
    This infographic represent the most noticeable gaps in skill sets between the Front-End
    Dev, UI, and UX Teams, and the following are three different levels of gap severity, each
    reflecting a greater distance between skill sets from team to team:
    H(high) 50% – 75% Gap
    M(medium) 25% – 50% Gap
    L(low) 12.5% – 25% Gap
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    Team Skill Set Deficiencies
    This infographic represent the noticeable deficiencies in all three team’s skill sets. Individual
    software and languages withstanding, highlighted are the skills or areas of project life-cycle/
    development methodology where at least two teams or more have a low level of proficiency.
    1). User Data/User Research: Tap-able Areas, Links, Functionality, IA, etc.
    2). Workflow Alignment: Project Management Systems, Repositories, Virtual Servers, etc.
    3). Medium Alignment: HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, etc.
    4). Accessibility Education: Aria Roles, Code Practice, Developer Tools, etc.
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    DSG Team Structure and Learning Analysis

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    DSG and Multidisciplinary Teams
    Team Total User Interface Front-End Dev User Experience
    In the past have you worked in a different role/team
    other than what you are currently (e.g. now a Front-End
    Developer, but formerly a UI Designer, etc.)?
    Yes 50%
    No 50%
    Yes 33%
    No 67%
    Yes 56%
    No 44%
    Yes 67%
    No 33%
    Have you ever worked in a multidisciplinary role/team
    before (e.g. you were responsible for both UI and UX, or
    you did UI and built websites)?
    A lot 30%
    A little bit 46%
    Not so much 12%
    Not at all 12%
    A lot 22%
    A little bit 56%
    Not so much 22%
    Not at all 0%
    A lot 45%
    A little bit 11%
    Not so much 11%
    Not at all 33%
    A lot 17%
    A little bit 83%
    Not so much 0%
    Not at all 0%
    Was working in a multidisciplinary role/team before
    successful?
    Yes 89%
    No 11%
    Yes 100%
    No 0%
    Yes 60%
    No 40%
    Yes 100%
    No 0%
    What are your thoughts about working multidisciplinary
    or cross-functionally with other teams at DICK’s
    Sporting Goods?
    It’d be awesome 62%
    It could work 17%
    I’m skeptical 21%
    It wouldn’t work 0%
    It’d be awesome 56%
    It could work 11%
    I’m skeptical 33%
    It wouldn’t work 0%
    It’d be awesome 67%
    It could work 22%
    I’m skeptical 11%
    It wouldn’t work 0%
    It’d be awesome 67%
    It could work 16%
    I’m skeptical 17%
    It wouldn’t work 0%

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    DSG Team Qualitative Responses
    How/Why was working in a multidisciplinary team successful?
    • Communication was key. We talked every little issue out. Nothing was assumed or
    a guess.
    • Overall it was a smooth process to design and develop since I knew my limits
    before designing.
    • Key takeaway was consistency. When an individual is involved in all aspects of
    the project at some level the idea/voice is heard all the way through keeping a
    connection of consistency benefiting the team and user.
    • We had a templated system
    • Being able to collaborate with team members with different expertise and skill
    sets makes the design process much easier. UX, UI and front end (and back end)
    development should work much more closely. Development specifically can be
    included in conversations early on to determine level or effort. This inclusion can
    prevent rework for the UX and UI teams once it gets to development if it turns out to
    be too large of an effort.
    Why do you think working in a multidisciplinary teams at DICK’s Sporting Goods could
    work, or even be awesome?
    • The more collaboration the better. This way we could bounce ideas off of each
    other and possibly come up with some great solutions.
    • Cross function helps the team grow and become stronger and avoids creative/
    knowledge stagnation. Allows the teams to lean on others when times become
    stressful and no one project is solely on the backs of one individual.
    • Better work comes from teammates not being in ‘silos’
    • Not only are projects more fun as a collaborative effort, they are more efficient as
    well. Including UX, UI and development in conversations such as feature mapping
    and story writing allow for all of the proper people to be in the room and speak to
    their specific part, as well as make any necessary clarifications on design and/or
    make adjustments based on development feedback.
    • I think it could help us grow in our own position. It’s helpful to at least know what
    other teams do.

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    DSG Learning and Tools
    User Interface Front-End Dev User Experience
    Which of these areas would you like to learn more
    about? Select all that apply.
    Front-End Dev 78%
    User Experience 78%
    User Interface 33%
    Front-End Dev 22%
    User Experience 89%
    User Interface 100%
    Front-End Dev 83%
    User Experience 33%
    User Interface 50%
    Are there any other tools you use or would like to use in
    your job?
    Adobe Cloud
    Sketch *
    Framer
    Adobe XD *
    Axure
    Front-End Development *
    Animation *
    Automated Testing
    Illustrator
    Wireframing *
    InDesign *
    Development Tools
    Adobe XD *
    Sketch
    TechSmith Morae *
    Are there any other skills you use or would like to use in
    your job?
    Animation *
    Design Regulations/Standards
    Wireframing *
    Illustrator
    InDesign *
    Human Centered Design
    Front-End Development *
    Iconography
    Typography
    Email Marketing
    Social Media
    Animation *
    Less Restricting CMS
    Wireframing *
    Automated UI Testing
    UX Skills
    Web Development Skills
    Prototyping *
    Wireframing *
    Stakeholder Negotiations
    TechSmith Morae *
    Front-End Development *
    * Responses that were mentioned by more than one team

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    External Analysis

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    External Participants
    The following demographic visualizations are from professionals recruited through social
    platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.), and represent roughly three weeks of recruitment.
    Individuals that participated are from Adobe, Boeing, Home Depot, and other entities.
    1-9 Team Members
    48%
    10-20 Team
    Members
    14%
    20-49 Team Members
    21%
    50-75 Team
    Members
    7%
    75+ Team
    Members
    10%
    Aerospace
    3%
    Chemical
    3%
    Computer
    14%
    Construction
    3%
    eCommerce
    17%
    Education
    21%
    Entertainment
    3%
    Healthcare
    17%
    Information
    17%
    User Experience
    55%
    User Interface
    59%
    Development
    41%
    Other
    34%
    What is your industry? What are you primarily?
    Data visualization above is based on 29 survey participants
    How big is your company’s UI,
    UX, Design, Web Design, and/or
    Development team?

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    External Practices and Workflow
    Participants Participants
    Now or in the past have you worked
    in a different role/team other than
    what you are currently?
    Yes 72%
    No 28%
    Do you blur the lines between design
    and development/engineering?
    Yes 42%
    Somewhat 47%
    No 10%
    Have you ever worked in a
    multidisciplinary role/team before?
    A lot 72%
    A little bit 12%
    Not so much 8%
    Not at all 8%
    Do you have a mediation process
    for conflict/process resolution (e.g.
    voting, or I’m a 2 out of 10 on this)?
    Yes 43%
    No 47%
    What this? 10%
    Was it successful working in a
    multidisciplinary role/team?
    Yes 83%
    No 16%
    What is the design/development
    process in which you currently
    work? Select all that apply.
    Kanban 26%
    Waterfall 26%
    Agile 79%
    Lean 21%
    Scrum 42%
    How much does design inform your
    overall process?
    A Leading Voice 47%
    A Contributing Voice 53%
    A Voice Not Considered 0%
    How well does Agile work? It works well 61%
    It kind of works 33%
    It doesn’t really work 6%
    Do you use any of the following
    for your processes and products?
    Select all that apply.
    CSS Framework 82%
    Content Management System 82%
    Pattern Library 41%
    Style Guide 76%
    How well does Waterfall work? It works well 40%
    It kind of works 60%
    It doesn’t really work 0%

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    External Qualitative Responses
    How/Why was working in a multidisciplinary team successful?
    • I had support from other team members but more importantly from people higher
    up in the chain who had a general idea of what I did and why it took the time it does
    to implement a well functioning and well designed product.
    • I’m diversely trained. Work demanded it.
    • Had a good team around me.
    • I’ve performed UX and UI on many projects, sometimes there is benefit to not
    worrying about visuals while you’re trying to structure functionality or to not have
    your head clouded with output while you’re performing research. However, I often
    find that on projects where I’m involved at every stage up to development, I find it
    helpful to have a full picture view at all times.
    • Was able to oversee the full scope of the project, it’s timeliness and easily
    communicate in all aspects.
    What are the pain points, if any, with your current process?
    • Offshore communication.
    • My team lives in a waterfall world. We get sprints interrupted frequently.
    • Not as much of a goal/ending place to achieve - always work to be done, but where
    are we going??
    • Creative agency vs development agency and merging platforms they use.
    • My scrum project has gone well. Other projects don’t have focus and so didn’t
    matter what style it was.
    Do you think your team and process works well? If not, how would you design it
    differently?
    • Have a scrum master that has teeth.
    • I would like more of an organized leader/guiding voice for goals and deadlines.
    • Could use more data and IT support.
    • It’d be better if we actually worked together sometimes instead of everyone having
    separate parts which evolve independently.
    • I would keep the process less siloed with more interactions with design/layout
    usability testings and development process with front-end development mostly
    involved all along the process and back-end brought in as needed.
    • Yes. Currently adjusting to new methods and getting everyone on board.
    • It’s nice to have a more granular view into what everyone is working on, rather than
    just having a vague idea.
    • For the most pet yes we are a well oiled machine. Only downfall is turnover in
    people so there is always change.
    • Our team works really well together. Our process works reasonably well. I would like
    us to have a more iterative process where we advance to new levels of fidelity only
    after we’ve explored concepts at the current level, identifying risk and attempting to
    “de-risk” our designs at each level.
    • We need to be able to do rapid user testing, with minimal ramp-up time for the test
    and minimal analysis time. That would allow us to build confidence at each step
    instead of moving ahead in “faith”, hoping we’re on the right track, until we can do
    a study to confirm our direction, breath a sigh of relief (hopefully!) and repeat that
    whole process.

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    CSS
    11%
    CSS
    11%
    CSS
    26%
    CSS
    16%
    CSS
    37%
    HTML
    11%
    HTML 5%
    HTML
    32%
    HTML
    16%
    HTML
    37%
    JavaScript
    11%
    JavaScript
    16%
    JavaScript
    37%
    JS 5%
    JavaScript
    32%
    Not Important Slightly Important Important Fairly Important Very Important
    JavaScript
    HTML
    CSS
    External Skill Set Importance
    How important do you think it is for all UI, UX, and Front-
    End Dev employees on your team to know CSS, HTML, and
    JavaScript?

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    Optimization and Prototyping

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    DSG Optimization
    Dick’s Sporting Goods optimization campaign features anywhere from 2 to 4 splits
    on average – one of which is an existing design (which functions as a control) – but
    sometimes can contain upwards of 8 splits.
    2016 Results
    According to Senior eCommerce Analysts in Web Optimization:
    • 44 optimization campaigns were launched in 2016.
    • The success rate for optimization campaigns to increase revenue was 13.6%,
    whereas the industry standard is around 25% per year.
    • Optimization has no metric for loss per split/average revenue loss for unsuccessful
    campaigns.
    • The average annual revenue gain was around $8M per successful campaign, and
    the 6 successful campaigns totaled over $50M in additional revenue.
    Going forward, and with the addition of both Field and Stream and Golf Galaxy, it’s
    likely that the number of optimization campaigns will increase in 2017.
    Unsuccessful Campaigns
    86%
    Successful
    Campaigns
    14%
    Room for Improvement to
    Industry Standard
    11%

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    Prototyping and Optimization
    Currently Dick’s Sporting Goods involves several resource intensive steps before we
    LEARN * anything from our users. However, prototyping capabilities would allow us to
    LEARN more about our users sooner, cheaper, and with less time investment.
    Benefits of LEARN-ing Sooner
    • Saving money and time in optimization by using data to inform splits
    • User data can potentially improve campaign outcomes
    • Reducing overall design and development time
    • Providing more robust sources of truth for development
    • Creating excitement and sharing vision within organization
    • Making overall enhancements easier
    Prototyping Case Studies
    • Over a 8 week span in 2012, Kids.gov ran 2 sets of iterative prototype tests with
    users. The prototyping process increased site traffic by 51%.
    • Using prototype testing within the UserTesting platform, Evernote was able to
    increase user retention by 15% and saw a “dramatic increase in user engagement.”
    • By using UX before optimization, and targeting areas customers actually struggled
    with, Lovehoney.com increased conversion rates by 25% (despite a 60% increase in
    mobile traffic) and increased overall revenue by 115%.
    *

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    Workflow Product Comparison

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    Product Functionality Comparison
    Adobe Creative Cloud
    Dreamweaver Illustrator InDesign Photoshop XD Axure InVision Code/Repo * Sketch/Zeplin Concept.ly UX Pin
    Ownership Limited Have Have Have Roll-Out Have Have Have Limited Freemium Freemium
    Animation           
    Basic Interaction           
    Cloud Storage           
    Hi-Fidelity Comps           
    Prototype           
    Team Feedback           
    Project Management           
    Usability Testing           
    Wireframe           
    ALLOWS
    CSS           
    HTML           
    JavaScript           
    Programming           
    REQUIRES
    CSS           
    HTML           
    JavaScript           
    Programming           
    EXPORTS
    CSS           
    HTML           
    JavaScript           
    Programming           
    * Highlighted column represents the widest range of
    capabilities. Repo refers to BitBucket, GitHub, etc.

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    Summary

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    Team Recommendations
    Companies like GE, Intuit, Toyota, Buzzfeed, and more work in multidisciplinary
    and cross-functional teams to accomplish innovative work. The following are
    suggestions based on the research presented in this report.
    Multidisciplinary Team Willingness
    • 89% of the UI, UX, and Front-End Dev teams feel that it was successful working
    in a multidisciplinary role/team in the past.
    • 79% of the UI, UX, and Front-End Dev teams feel that working in a
    multidisciplinary role/team at Dick’s Sporting Goods would either be awesome
    or could work.
    Team Skill Set Deficiencies & Discrepancies
    • User Data/User Research
    There is a large gap between the UI/Front-End Dev and the UX Team’s
    knowledge and skill sets concerning user data, user research, qualitative
    research, and quantitative research.
    Recommendation: The UX Team should incorporate the UI and Front-End Dev
    teams in the research process, and even conduct lunch-and-learn sessions
    concerning user expectations and standards for web interaction.
    • Workflow and Medium Alignment
    The Front-End Dev, UI, and UX team are not working in the same project
    management systems, softwares, repositories, virtual servers, or workflows.
    This leads to duplication of work, recreation of design artifacts, and work not
    being performed in the closest medium to the final product.
    Recommendation: The UX and UI teams should learn more about code through
    online courses/coding sessions at work, all teams could work in project
    repositories, and wireframes and comps could be built in HTML, CSS/SCSS, and
    JavaScript.
    • Accessibility Education
    All teams have a lack of knowledge and understanding concerning accessibility
    and web standards as it pertains to aging, disabilities, peripheral devices, and
    best code and design practices.
    Recommendation: All teams should attend general training concerning
    accessibility guidelines, and individual teams should develop a deeper
    understanding of accessibility through training specific to their areas of focus.

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    Learning Recommendations
    Workforce training is an indispensable way to keep an organization competitive.
    According to an Execu-Search report about hiring in 2017, 76% of millennial
    employees want opportunities for career growth. The following are suggestions
    based on the research presented in this report:
    Desire for Learning
    • A proportion of each team – UI 33%, FED 22%, and UX 33% – wants to grow their
    knowledge of their own team’s skills.
    • The majority of each team – 50% to 100% – want to grow their knowledge of
    other team’s skills.
    • 78% of the UI Team want to learn more about Front-End Dev and UX teams.
    • 89% of the Front-End Dev Team want to learn more about the UX Team, and 100%
    want to learn more about the UI Team.
    • 83% of the UX Team wants to learn more about the Front-End Dev Team, and 50%
    want to learn more about the UI Team.
    Learning Resources
    • Lunch-and-learns/learn from each other
    • Job Shadowing
    • Online Learning: Code Academy, Code School, Treehouse, Lynda, YouTube, etc.
    • Design Tweaking Sessions - Get all the JIRA bugs, low hanging fruit, and CSS
    cleanup to have a few UX and UI Designers help fix those bugs.
    Desired Team Skills and Software
    SOFTWARE
    Adobe XD
    Sketch
    TechSmith Morae
    SKILL SETS
    Animation
    Front-End Development
    Prototyping
    Wireframing
    * For full team-specific results see page 14.

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    Prototyping Recommendations
    As DSG merges Project Eagle and Current Business groups into one, and takes full
    control of the site’s functionality, it’s important to take this opportunity to focus on
    enhancements for the users. Making good decisions about those enhancements
    requires robust user data.
    Prototyping will allow DSG to gather better user data to inform design choices, feature
    validity, and the optimization process. Prototyping will also help identify critical areas
    for improvement, and overall provide DSG customers with an improved eCommerce
    experience.
    DSG needs both the skills to prototype, as well as the space, time, and tools to exercise
    a prototyping capability. This could be tested via the following:
    Pilot Projects (Enhancements or New Features)
    • Identify a specific project to prototype a solution for UX testing, that could be built
    with a cross-functional team utilizing the same set of tools.
    • Utilize people from UI, UX, and Front-End Dev who have expressed a desire to learn
    more about other teams’ work, and who are willing to be teachers of their own.
    • Use real working prototypes to get user data, feedback, and insights to inform
    optimization tests.

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    Thank You

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