This is a design talk I presented at TechNottingham's Tech on Toast event in August. It focusses on making products, ideal scenarios, and methods to reaching successful product solutions.

2. Hello.

3. Hello.

4. I’m Tom.

5. Coffee enthusiast.
Dad-guy.
Muso.
Designer.

7. I design products (mostly).
I try to find solutions to problems.
I care deeply about what I do.
Like this guy!

8. Question time.

9. We are all capable of contributing.

10. We all know what ‘good’ looks like.

12. Clear goals.
User feedback on prototypes.
Frictionless, cross-functional working.
Data from user research.
Time.

15. Little to no feedback when you need it.
Stats? What stats?
Technical & design debt.
All the stakeholders, all the time.
Constant iteration.

16. There are risks.

17. “Have we made the right
choices for our MVP?”

18. We’re pretty risky, too!

19. Perfect is the enemy of shipped.

20. Question time (again).

21. How do we make the
‘best thing’ for our users?

22. Sometimes, we can’t!

23. Don’t panic.

24. Let’s face the challenges head on.

26. Planning and exploration.
Scope your work.
Remember to breathe!
Clean up in Aisle 1…

28. Use common methodologies.
Standard patterns & behaviours.
What do people already know?
Achieve a workable ‘best’ solution.

30. Talk to people!
Everyone involved in the project.
Industry knowledge and insight.
Find people who know more than you.

32. Reach out for feedback.
Share your work with peers.
Lean on their experience.
Two heads are better than one…

34. So… now what?

35. Go for a clean,
minimal first version.

36. Something has to give.

37. Being wrong is OK.

38. You’ve got this!

39. Thank you.