As digital teams grow and projects become more complex, designers are being valued by collaboration and team enablement rather than only individual tasks.

Real collaboration requires a set of rules, not a set of roles.

Pushing for more user research could be framed as growing curiosity across the team to learn more about the users and the product space.

Polishing an interaction or animation could be done in collaboration with developers and be framed as a desire to deliver high-quality experiences.

Feedback could go beyond “leaving comments on the doc”, and happen in both structured and unstructured ways.

Process

by Caio Braga · Designer @ SurveyMonkey
in Design as a team sport

by Caio Braga · Designer @ SurveyMonkey

in Design as a team sport

Agenda, people! – Keeping things tight and to a central theme will mean that the meeting can be as short as it needs to be whilst also keeping people on track.

by Luis Ouriach – Design Advocate @FigmaDesign
in How to run a successful design meetingby Luis Ouriach – Design Advocate @FigmaDesignin How to run a successful design meeting

Many designers work on gut feeling and do what feels right, but in an open setting of co-creation, it’s important to explain design decisions.;

by Dennis Hambeukers · UX Consultant @ Zuiderlicht
in The Secret To Making Design Co-Creation Workby Dennis Hambeukers · UX Consultant @ Zuiderlichtin The Secret To Making Design Co-Creation Work

Setting context is important when asking for feedback. If you don’t, each person can have a different understanding of how far along your design is and also be keen on giving feedback to different parts of the design.

by Sungjoon Steve Won · Design at Coda
in Constructive vs Destructive feedbackby Sungjoon Steve Won · Design at Codain Constructive vs Destructive feedback

Designers need to be flexible. We not only have to flex our process to accommodate different team configurations, but also adapt our workflow as the project unfolds.

by Fabricio Teixeira · Founder of UX Collective
in 5 Principles for Better Designer-Developer Collaborationby Fabricio Teixeira · Founder of UX Collectivein 5 Principles for Better Designer-Developer Collaboration

Sometimes we spend so much time crafting the details of our designs that we forget to step back from our tools and think about our work more strategically.

by Fabricio Teixeira · Founder of UX Collective
in The importance of zooming out in the design processby Fabricio Teixeira · Founder of UX Collectivein The importance of zooming out in the design process

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