- Good product designers use prototypes as their primary canvas for communicating ideas both internally and externally. They are a far more accurate representation of intent than wireframes or screenshots as they are able to capture many other aspects of the full user experience.
- If you tell the product manager to come back once he makes up his mind, you are severely limiting your ability to contribute, and very likely condemning the product to mediocrity from the start.
An Open Letter To The Design Community | Silicon Valley Product Group
I plan to write much more about the many topics raised in this note, but hopefully you can ask yourself if your team is truly empowered:
- Are you staffed with competent people with character, that are skilled across the range of competencies you need (typically, product manager, product designer and engineers)?
- Are you assigned problems to solve, rather than given lists of features to build?
- Are you accountable to deliver business results (outcomes) rather than shipping features (output)?
Empowered Product Teams | Silicon Valley Product Group
The Product Designer Role | Silicon Valley Product Group
The more product teams you have, the more essential is to have this unifying vision and strategy in order for each team to be able to make good choices.
Product Success | Silicon Valley Product Group
Just ask users “how would you feel if you could no longer use the product?” and measure the percent who answer “very disappointed.”
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