Product Design Work Flow

In the work of the product interaction design workflow, just write about, of course, the specific project also has to be biased, in many cases, the interaction designer by some projects to pull the emergency, so that the project will be based on the different nodes have been adjusted. In general, specific problems specific analysis, each project features and development environment is not the same. Here I work from the purpose, the way, the conclusion report, and the cooperation personnel and so on.
On the one hand, we can ensure that the progress of our work and timely improvement of the work results will also be very clear to other teams to understand when we need to close communication and cooperation. This is very useful in teams and companies that have just introduced interactive design work in the project. The following are some of the basic process steps that are commonly used.

1. Demand Analysis
Objective: To provide user analysis according to product requirements and design requirements.
Methods: Interviews, focus groups, refining target users to build role models, competitor analysis, refining qualitative and quantitative data.
Conclusion: Based on the analysis of the target users ' usage characteristics, emotions, habits, psychology, needs and so on, the user research report and usability design suggestions are put forward.
Partners: Market personnel, product demand customers, project leaders

2. Prototype design
Objective: Conceptual scheme design. Develop the business function and interface specification of the product.
Mode: Cooperate with the development team to design various interactive prototypes. Communicate with business experts and marketing department to confirm design and be recognized.
Role model design and scene design, through the scene of the presentation to summarize and gradually refine the user's use of various interactive requirements, propose design solutions, and complete the design of the demonstration, discussion, improvement, and final finalization.
Conclusion Report: Create an interactive design prototype. Provides design standard specifications for user interface and interactive design implementations.
PARTNER: Project leader, development team, marketing staff

3. Prototype testing
Objective: Product concept testing, detection of product business logic.
Methods: Heuristic evaluation, focus group role model design and scenario design, the task to test user completion, and efficiency.
Conclusion Report: Test report. To address the problem, put forward suggestions for improvement.
Partners: Development team, Test volunteers

4. Production and development
Objective: To ensure the final implementation effect.
Method: Cooperate with product quality control team to track the process of user interface and interactive design and development. Communicate with developers to provide clear definition and direction of execution. Communicate with quality Control Department to provide clear understanding during the testing phase.
Conclusion Report: Ensure the project is carried out smoothly.
Co-workers: Development team, Project manager, visual designer

5. Visual Management
Objective: To make the interface design more in line with product positioning, user habits and standardized layout, the realization of the function of the correct and effective guidance.
Way: Conduct user research to carry on the visual guide of the interface. Design window specification, graphical layout.
Conclusion Report: Interface test report.
Co-workers: visual designer

6. Usability Testing
Objective: To find out what is going on in the process, what features and how the user likes or dislikes it, and why.
Method: One-to-one user test
Conclusion Report: User background information document, User Agreement, test script, pre-Test questionnaire, post-Test questionnaire, task card, process documentation, test report
Partners: Test volunteers, market-related personnel

7. Tracking
Purpose: Feedback of product usage results.
Way: User interview, user feedback
Conclusion Report: According to feedback and actual investigation and according to the intended purpose of writing product feedback Results report. Includes a design that is worthy of recognition and recommendations for modification.
Co-workers: product users, market-related personnel