{ design@tive } information designDesign Strategy is about controlling the amount of subjectivity in the product or service development process. It provides a decision-making framework and a rationale to stakeholders around which stakeholders can make product development decisions. In these posts, we are going to discuss that — if designers want to influence and translate strategy in ways that drive their user experience vision forward — we must become both business-savvy analysts and synthesizers.
In this post, I’ll talk about how can we facilitate pivot and risk mitigation discussions while pursuing ideas and/or approaches, what methods, tools or techniques are available for pivot and risk mitigation, and what signals we need capture in order to know if we should Persevere, Pivot or Stop.
Let’s talk about how to help teams with facilitating investment discussions by finding ways to reduce subjectivity when debating the value ideas.
In this post, I’ll talk about some strategies to help improve strategic collaboration while working in Distributed, Remote or Global Teams.
Let’s talk about problem framing techniques that can help you get team alignment by creating clarity of what problems they are trying to solve.
In this post, I argue why Thought Leadership is a critical skill for designers to become good strategists who are better prepared to influence business decisions.
Learn about quantifying and qualifying strategy as we make a case for a set of tools that helps teams find objective ways to value design.
This post will discuss how prioritization can facilitate good decisions by helping us focus on what is essential, steering us closer to our vision and goals.
In this post, I’ll talk about how designers can step up to the plate and become skilled facilitators that help teams create choices.
In this post we talk about how designers and strategists can respond, prod, encourage, guide, coach and teach as they guide individuals and groups to make good decisions that are critical in the business.
Let’s talk about the importance of vision for creating shared understanding around why are we bringing a product to market in the first place.