Kate Archbold - Designing with Different Disciplines

UX Australia 2021 DAY 3

More than ever, designers are working with non-design counterparts throughout the design process. But remote communication, different methods of working, and different interpretations of design can make collaboration more difficult than it should be. Join Kate as she walks you through strategies and tips on how to get the most out of your relationships with your product managers and engineers.

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3. How can working with PMs
   and developers make you
   a better designer?
   

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4. Know your developers
   Seek their expertise
   Build the product together
   Principles for working
   with developers
   

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5. Know your developers
   

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6. Know your developers
   Front-end developers
   build UI interfaces and
   interactions.
   Back-end developers
   design and develop the
   system architecture.
   Dev managers lead the team
   through process, people,
   and technical excellence.
   

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7. Know your developers
   Front-end developers
   build UI interfaces and
   interactions.
   Back-end developers
   design and develop the
   system architecture.
   Dev managers lead the team
   through process, people,
   and technical excellence.
   

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8. Know your developers
   Front-end developers
   build UI interfaces and
   interactions.
   Back-end developers
   design and develop the
   system architecture.
   Dev managers lead the team
   through process, people,
   and technical excellence.
   

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9. Seek their expertise
   

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10. Catch technical challenges early
    
    
    Expand your technical options
    
    
    Share expertise across disciplines
    Benefits for
    designers
    Benefits for
    developers
    Give input into the experience
    
    
    Build a more elegant solution
    
    
    Share the feeling of ownership
    

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11. When developers
    understand the
    journey, they are
    more effective at
    building each step.
    

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12. Critique sessions
    Schedule in a
    recurring session
    Set the rules of
    engagement
    Trust your team
    & stick with it
    

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13. Critique sessions
    Schedule in a
    recurring session
    Set the rules of
    engagement
    Trust your team
    & stick with it
    

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14. Critique sessions
    Schedule in a
    recurring session
    Set the rules of
    engagement
    Trust your team
    & stick with it
    

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15. Build the product together
    

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16. No matter how good they are,
    

    your design specs aren’t enough.
    

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19. Be present &
    keep your design
    quality high
    Define quality
    Start bug catching
    Make better trade-offs
    Take the time to define what
    good design means, and how to
    recognise bad design
    When your devs start building,
    start bug hunting, including team
    wide events for it
    Use your quality bar to make
    trade-offs and decisions on what
    can ship and what can’t
    

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20. Be present &
    keep your design
    quality high
    Define quality
    Start bug catching
    Make better trade-offs
    Take the time to define what
    good design means, and how to
    recognise bad design
    When your devs start building,
    start bug hunting, including team
    wide events for it
    Use your quality bar to make
    trade-offs and decisions on what
    can ship and what can’t
    

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21. Be present &
    keep your design
    quality high
    Define quality
    Start bug catching
    Make better trade-offs
    Take the time to define what
    good design means, and how to
    recognise bad design
    When your devs start building,
    start bug hunting, including team
    wide events for it
    Use your quality bar to make
    trade-offs and decisions on what
    can ship and what can’t
    

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22. Seek their expertise
    Know your developers
    Build the product together
    Principle #1
    Principle #2
    Principle #3
    

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23. Define your roles
    Learn the business
    Build a vision
    Principles for working
    with product managers
    

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24. Define your roles
    

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25. Is it a PM, or a Designer?
    

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26. Define your roles
    Who are your key
    stakeholders?
    What are your
    responsibilities?
    What are you being
    measured on?
    

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27. Define your roles
    Who are your key
    stakeholders?
    What are your
    responsibilities?
    What are you being
    measured on?
    

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28. Define your roles
    Who are your key
    stakeholders?
    What are your
    responsibilities?
    What are you being
    measured on?
    

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29. Learn the business
    

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30. Learn the
    business
    Research your market
    Know your competitors
    Learn the product strategy
    Build an understanding of your
    product’s market through news
    and articles.
    Look into the competitor
    products in your space and
    understand the gaps.
    Become an expert on the
    product strategy and how you
    can help get there.
    

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31. Research your market
    Know your competitors
    Learn the product strategy
    Build an understanding of your
    product’s market through news
    and articles.
    Look into the competitor
    products in your space and
    understand the gaps.
    Become an expert on the
    product strategy and how you
    can help get there.
    Learn the
    business
    

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32. Research your market
    Know your competitors
    Learn the product strategy
    Build an understanding of your
    product’s market through news
    and articles.
    Look into the competitor
    products in your space and
    understand the gaps.
    Become an expert on the
    product strategy and how you
    can help get there.
    Learn the
    business
    

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33. Build a vision together
    

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35. Building a vision
    Align on important
    focus areas
    Debate the big picture,
    trust on small details
    Define the ideal
    customer experience
    

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36. Building a vision
    Align on important
    focus areas
    Debate the big picture,
    trust on small details
    Define the ideal
    customer experience
    

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37. Building a vision
    Align on important
    focus areas
    Debate the big picture,
    trust on small details
    Define the ideal
    customer experience
    

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38. Define your roles
    Build a vision
    Principle #1
    Principle #2
    Principle #3
    Learn the business
    

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39. Your PMs and developers can
    make you a great designer…
    

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40. … remember your job isn’t only to
    teach design, but to learn from others
    

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    Designing with Different
    Disciplines
    

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