Analog by Night

Design processes simply documented:

(A. Colfelt process)

Goals and Objectives

• Client knowledge transfer
• User research
• User Goals
• Business Objectives
• Functional Requirements
• Content Requirements
• Maintenance Requirements
• Persona Development
• Design Specifications

Interaction Design

• Information Architecture
• User Flows
• Wireframes
• Animatic
• Usability Testing

Visual Design

• Client Asset Transfer
• Mood Board
• Aggressive Comp
• Conservative Comp
• Target Comp

Production

• Collect Assets
• Create XHTML
• Create CSS
• Cross Browser
• Search Engine Optimization
• Application Integration
• Code Handoff
• QA as needed
• Usability Testing

Launch

Maintenance

(R. Spencer process)

Problem Space

• Business objectives
• User objectives
• Constraints/Opportunities
• Scenarios
• Current state snalysis
• Competitive analysis
• Knowledge transfer
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Persona analysis
• Usability analysis
• Mental Models

Solutions

• Proposal
• Design details
• Wireframes
• User Flows
• Visual Comps

Design Futures

• Suggestions
• Nice-to-Haves
• Known Issues

Operational

• Release Details
• Sprint Details
• Stakeholders
• Stories
• Meeting Notes
• Decisions/Follow-up