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THE PRODUCT DESIGN JOURNEY

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THE PRODUCT DESIGN JOURNEY

YOUR PRODUCT IDEA WILL TRANSFORM THE INDUSTRY

AND THE WORLD

MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FROM THE BEGINNING

CONVINCE INVESTORS THAT YOUR IDEA HAS POTENTIAL

DEFINE AND SHOWCASE THIS IDEA

BUILD THE MOCKUP BY SPENDING SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MONEY

DESIGN YOUR MINIMAL FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT

THE PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS =Your ideas and thoughts combined into a picture of what the product will offer end users

WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER?

ACCURATE PREDICTION OF BUDGET AND TIMELINE

THE RESULT CAN BE SHOWCASED TO POTENTIAL INVESTORS

YOUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL SPEND LESS TIME WORKING ON THE PRODUCT

THE PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS

I. HIGH LEVEL SCOPE AND FUNCTIONALITY DEFINITION

CAPTURE FUTURE FUNCTIONALITIES

DESCRIBE EACH FUNCTIONALITY

UNDERSTAND YOUR PROJECT’S UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITION

DOCUMENT THE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

DEFINE THE SYSTEM COMPONENTS

DEFINE THE FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS OF EACH COMPONENT

II. CONCEPT MAPPING

SKETCHES REPRESENTING FLOW SCHEMES OF ALL THE INTERACTIONS POSSIBLE IN THE APPLICATION

III. WIREFRAMING

A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT DETAILS EACH FUNCTIONALITY

IV. USE CASES, ESTIMATES,

VERSIONING

THINK OF POTENTIAL USE CASES, ESTIMATE THE TIME AND THINK OF SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THE APPLICATION, STARTING

WITH THE MVP

V. CLICKABLE PROTOTYPE

LINK ALL THE WIREFRAMES REPRESENTING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT

FOR THIS VERSION

TIME

3 TO 6 WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY AND THE TIME YOU WANT TO INVEST