Design Process
Understand
In this process, I try to understand the project by asking questions like; what product are we working on? who are the target audience/users? what are the main goals? what are the problems? what methods have been used before? That way I could understand the basis of the project I will be working on. This is also when I send the clients a brief of other questions tailored to the project in order to understand the project. This is also when I create a plan and set goals for the project. The main goal here is to gather information to understand what am going to do for this project and the duration of the entire. project.
Research &
Analyze
In this process, I make use of different research strategies (either primary/secondary) depending on the scope of the project to develop a deeper understanding and also set a foundational guide on which I can develop my ideas on.
Ideation &
Sketching
In this process, I develop solutions for the problems while methods on how to solve it. I also start creating sketches to show what my final project will come out like I also try to ideate different perspectives in order to solve the issues address different types of thinking, merge and refine insights Which will lead to a sketch or a low fidelity prototype to show my idea visually.
Test/
Create/
Prototype
In this process I take my best idea/low fidelity prototype or sometimes the best 2-3 create the project to its final form with a suitable design software for that purpose. I may also create mock-up to show the real world usage of the product. and how it will look. The main purpose of this stage is to make the solution visually appealing.
Feedback/
Iteration
In this process I start testing my designs to get feedback on the project and how well it functioned and if there of any problem I may have to go back to the previous stages to see where I may have gone wrong the main purpose of this is to make sure my design works out and how I can better the usefulness and usability of my design