PRODUCT DESIGN FOR STARTUPS
THE UPS AND DOWNS
Oana Blaga
Dan Gramadă
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Designing
Together
The Collaboration.
Creating the
Digitail
Mobile app
The Journey.
Process and exercises
Tools
Remote work
Tip and Tricks
Takeaways
Creating the Digitail Mobile app
Discover
Ideate
Design
Validate
Iterate
Discover Ideate Design Validate
Iterate
Mural
Understand the problem
App structure
Competitive analysis
Lightning demos
DISCOVER IDEATE DESIGN VALIDATE
Discover
App Structure
Competitor Analysis
Lightning Demos
Learn
Start small
Challenges
Understand all
features and flows
DISCOVER
Information Architecture
Concepts
Iteration
DISCOVER IDEATE DESIGN VALIDATE
Ideate
Information Architecture
Concepts + Iteration
Learn
Deliver fast and
iterate based on
feedback.
Challenge
Team alignment.
Deliver clear
solutions.
IDEATE
User Interface Design
Prototype
Design System
Transitions and Microinteractions
DISCOVER IDEATE DESIGN VALIDATE
Design
User Interface Design
Non Digitail User
Digitail user
Prototype
Design System
Top-level transitions
(parent to children)
Siblings transitions
Focal element / card / section
(e.g. tapping on a card)
Scrolling up/down
Loading
Transitions &
Microinteractions
Learn
Focus on main features.
Choose the right tools.
Build a Design System.
Challenge
To have the right
prototypes to test
DESIGN
Objectives
Recruit the right users
User interview
Conclusions
DISCOVER IDEATE DESIGN VALIDATE
Validate
Objectives
Recruit the right
users to test with.
User interview
18 pages Interviews report
MVP
Learn
Prototype adjustments
The interview setup
Collaboration with Digitail
team
Challenge
2 different prototypes
A lot of tasks to do
A lot of questions to answer
VALIDATE
Remote collaboration
Tools
Estimations and deadlines
Designing Together
The Tools
Learn
Recurrent meetings
Better estimations
Keep track of workload
Weekly delivery
Challenge
Procrastination
Sync-up meetings
Communication
Delays
DESIGN TOGETHER
Process and exercises
Tools
Remote work
Tips and Tricks
Takeaways
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Product design for startups - the ups and downs