What is it?
A session with Designers and Developers to agree on the final designs.
Why do we do it?
After going through rounds of exploration, crits and testing, your team will likely be on different pages regarding where you are in the process.
Final design alignments are a great way to review any feedback from crits, user testing, and design refinements to share your final version of the component everyone can agree on. It also is a final round to cover anything that has been overlooked.
How do we do it?
Put together your final proposal
Your final proposal is an informal presentation which will include the following —
User testing and feedback from your design phase
This is to showcase how you got to your final proposed component and get everyone aligned with your process.
- Any fundamental discoveries from user testing
- Insights from crits
- Any further research you did as part of the design phase
The proposed component
- Component fidelity
- All of the different states, types and properties
- Any animation or interactions
- Include prototypes
- Accessibility considerations
- Scaling text and fallbacks
- Colour considerations
Example agenda
- Walk-through of design exploration and final iteration and justification for design decisions
- Platform discussion on component fidelity and scope
- Discussion on the next steps for the spec doc
- What is needed and what’s not
Outcomes
- Clear alignment and direction of the fidelity of the component. Next steps.
