Example Reflection – Visualization

Challenge  As a UX designer, I get involved in a very interesting project, but very fragile due to its  requirements. We had 4 months to develop a mobile application, which consisted in offering our  customers a mobile application, with the most used service of our web product.  The multidisciplinary team consisted of 4 types of professionals: Product owner (PO), Developers  (DEVs), Visual designers (VD) and User Experience designers (UX).  The most complex task to do, was to define each important decision among the different  professionals (that usually don't speak the same professional language) avoiding at the same  time to fall into a waterfall methodology between UX and DEV + UI.    Selection  With this context, we choose the visualization tool, trying to find the way to understand each  other when it comes to do definition and decisions steps.  We chose this tool because it is a very good resource to be able to perform sessions of definition  and co-creation between different professionals, who do not always speak the "same language",  do not have the same background and do not use the same terminology or tools in the day by  day.   Then, the graphic representation of schemes, elements and ideas, is a very good way to keep  clear the "what" is being talked about;  good to avoid confusion and really important to create all  the team together, at the same time and being very agile.    Application  Although the creation of the project, we are doing many meetings and we have used  visualization more than once, but in this document I will tell the application we had done on the  first and most important meeting: the first definition.  From UX, we provided a previous research where we had collected a set of needs from our  users. We gathered the whole team, and wrote the functions that cover the user needs, on a  large boar. So we could prioritize them, according to their importance, impact and production  costs.  Thanks to this first visualization of functions that made up the project, and the dimension of  each one, we were able to complete the basic definition, through drawings a visual scheme of  each screen of the app.   In each drawing, we were able to work together writing the totally different vision of each  professional, remarking the most concrete tasks to be done, creating the relationship between  each task and measuring the complexity of each one.    Then, we were able to draw in a very clear and agile way the skeleton of the app, understanding  very well the next steps to achieve by each one of the professionals in the team.     Insight & approach  Thanks to the visualization, we really saw that it was possible to jointly define the same product,  synchronizing all points of view at once, eliminating misunderstandings and avoiding a waterfall  work process.   I think the greatest value that the visualization tool is giving us, is the synchronous work of the  different parts of the team.   Define all at once into the same board, where everyone can draw, has been the key to succeed.  That's why, in the following team meetings, we will continue applying the visualization tool to  continue working on the same way and keep synchronized.


Example Reflection – Visualization Challenge As a UX designer , I get involved in a very interesting project , but very fragile due to its requirements . We had 4 months to develop a mobile application , which consisted in offering our customers a mobile application , with the most used service of our web product . The multidisciplinary team consisted of 4 types of professionals : Product owner ( PO ) , Developers ( DEVs ) , Visual designers ( VD ) and User Experience designers ( UX ) . The most complex task to do , was to define each important decision among the different professionals ( that usually do n't speak the same professional language ) avoiding at the same time to fall into a waterfall methodology between UX and DEV + UI . Selection With this context , we choose the visualization tool , trying to find the way to understand each other when it comes to do definition and decisions steps . We chose this tool because it is a very good resource to be able to perform sessions of definition and co - creation between different professionals , who do not always speak the " same language " , do not have the same background and do not use the same terminology or tools in the day by day . Then , the graphic representation of schemes , elements and ideas , is a very good way to keep clear the " what " is being talked about ; good to avoid confusion and really important to create all the team together , at the same time and being very agile . Application Although the creation of the project , we are doing many meetings and we have used visualization more than once , but in this document I will tell the application we had done on the first and most important meeting : the first definition . From UX , we provided a previous research where we had collected a set of needs from our users . We gathered the whole team , and wrote the functions that cover the user needs , on a large boar . So we could prioritize them , according to their importance , impact and production costs . Thanks to this first visualization of functions that made up the project , and the dimension of each one , we were able to complete the basic definition , through drawings a visual scheme of each screen of the app . In each drawing , we were able to work together writing the totally different vision of each professional , remarking the most concrete tasks to be done , creating the relationship between each task and measuring the complexity of each one . Then , we were able to draw in a very clear and agile way the skeleton of the app , understanding very well the next steps to achieve by each one of the professionals in the team . Insight & approach Thanks to the visualization , we really saw that it was possible to jointly define the same product , synchronizing all points of view at once , eliminating misunderstandings and avoiding a waterfall work process . I think the greatest value that the visualization tool is giving us , is the synchronous work of the different parts of the team . Define all at once into the same board , where everyone can draw , has been the key to succeed . That 's why , in the following team meetings , we will continue applying the visualization tool to continue working on the same way and keep synchronized .