{"id":32519,"date":"2016-02-16T08:48:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T03:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=32519"},"modified":"2017-08-02T10:54:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:24:25","slug":"why-design-build-review-should-be-a-part-of-product-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/why-design-build-review-should-be-a-part-of-product-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Design Build Review Should be a Part of Product Development!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To simplify complications is the first essential of success!<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are the quotes said by George Earle Buckle!<\/em>\u00a0 George\u00a0was a famous English\u00a0Editor\u00a0&\u00a0Biographer. In this\u00a0article, We are trying to understand the importance of Product’s Design Build Review from a\u00a0\u00a0designer’s perspective. Before we jump to any conclusion, Let’s try to understand the mechanism of UX & Visual designing first.<\/p>\n

It’s very important to start with a great User Interface design<\/a> and Content for a product for\u00a0survival, Especially for a Mobile \/ Web application. User interactions, Accessible\u00a0Navigation, Soothing Color Scheme, Easy\u00a0Taps\/Clicks, Typography, Minimalist Design etc. all add up to a very good user experience. However, we have to take care that, design solution could be different depending upon\u00a0the various domains.<\/p>\n

Let’s take up a quick example of Minimalist Design. ‘Periscope<\/strong>‘ which is a live streaming application, Minimalist\u00a0might work out beautifully for this app. Also, the target audience is mostly from US & Europe. Another hand\u00a0for an application providing solution in the field of ‘Classified & Advertising’ like ‘Quikr<\/strong>‘. Minimalist design won’t\u00a0be a \u00a0very good idea for this. It’s mainly because Quikr<\/strong> needs to show a lot of information to its user, and had multiple levels of categories. The target audience is also mainly India as of now. Having said these points, product engineering<\/a> is dependent on the multiple factors.<\/p>\n

\"COMPARISON\"
\nComparison of different design styles!<\/i><\/p>\n

A good\u00a0user experience is presented\u00a0after a lot of efforts put up by\u00a0UX \/ Visual Designers<\/a>\u00a0working simultaneously. As per the requirements, different skill sets of designers are\u00a0taken in use accordingly.<\/p>\n

Some of the prominent tasks names that can\u00a0be mentioned specially in UX & VD domain shared in the infographic below:<\/p>\n

\"UX-VD2344\"
\nUX & VD<\/i><\/p>\n

Moving ahead, Let’s say a great UI design<\/a> is crafted by designers and developers done his part of Coding, QA did his testing stuff automation\/manual etc. However, before going Live with the product, final design\u00a0must be reviewed by an expert Designer. Much greater if it’s done by the designer involved from the very initial stage of the project. Most of the time this process is skipped or loosely followed, and therefore discrepancies between the conceptualized design and the final product happen. Certain gestures might not work as visualized by the designer. For example\u00a0“Fonts style not matching, Colors are different, Taps are not looking good, Inconsistencies in spacing between blocks and so on.<\/p>\n

Design Build Review<\/a>! this is the word, and the role of a designer, especially visual designer’s is very very important here. He must provide that much-needed assistance to the developer in design implementation for smooth transitions. This is a collaborative effort and at an organization level, this must be done by designer and developers mutually.<\/p>\n

Also, the onus is on the product development teams also to encourage this and make this as important part of the overall development cycle. Like Design, Coding, QA this should be an equally important task at any organization level.<\/p>\n

However, Common thoughts that may cross\u00a0a designer\u2019s mind after reading above paragraphs are like:<\/p>\n