No one team should have all that power: Understanding who owns design in the product development process
1. No one team should
have all that power
Understanding who owns design in the
product development process
Monet Spells
2. A Little About Me
Professional Background
- Computer Science + Web Development
- Product Manager at a NYC start up
- User Experience Designer
- Studying Human-Computer Interaction
Hi, I’m Monet! I live in Atlanta. I do UX, with a
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3. Who Owns Design?
So...how do teams share ownership of design?
Developers? Designers? Marketing? Stakeholders? Product?
Everyone owns design.
4. Traditional Design Approach
A traditional design approach focuses on users and design as
important, but distinct, entities.
“No one [team] should have all that power.” - Kanye
West
Users
- Begins with users or design - Bridges, like product managers
QA
Developers
Support
Product
Design
Designer
s
Stakeholder
s
Marketing
5. Design-Driven Approach
A design-driven approach focuses simultaneously on users
and design, understanding that they balance and guide one
another.
- Begins with users and design - All teams are guided by
design
Designer
s
MarketingDevelopers
QA
Support
Product
Stakeholder
s
Users
Design
6. Lessons Learned
Align on a
vision, mission,
and goals
Eliminate
bottlenecks for
efficiency sake
(More time for champagne!)
Always
consider the
user’s
experience
Empower
everyone to
contribute to
design
K: "better collaborate on design"
K: could ask more questions here...
K: Start with your experience, not the definition...this is your definition, so it’s based on you rexperience
K: Bridges are technically a good thing...but they COULD create a bottleneck, IF a company relies too heavily on any one team (e.g. product)
K: Your story isn’t weaving in well enough...when you mentioned “...from here we grew” i forget who “we” are
K: Not sure I agree with the HR example...
K: either mention mission/vision/goals on slide 4 when you speak to it, or tell a story here about how PP incorporated these concepts to become design driven