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Okay, so you’ve got BIG ideas for this year for your web platform or app, right? And you’re feeling a mix of overwhelm and excitement? We know that feeling! As business owners, the new year feels like a fresh start, and a time to put your goals into action.
So where do you start? And how do you communicate all of your big picture visions to your team without overwhelming them?
The answer lies in two words: product roadmaps.
It is the absolute KEY to getting anything done within your company without overwhelm. And the start of the year is a fabulous time to get a product roadmap started.
Here’s a quick guide on how to get yourself organized and move quickly into action:
Take all of the items you’ve discussed with your team, or items that may have lived in your head for the last year and get them all in one place. This is a master list of everything you hope and wish for in your web platform or app. Make sure wherever this list lives is easily accessible to all of your team members.
It’s time to take all of your items and assign it a priority based on perceived impact: High Impact, Medium Impact or Low Impact. Try to think of how this will affect your customers and consider customer feedback when assigning these priorities.
In the previous step, we recommend honing in on what will make the most impact in your business. In this step, focus on editing your list and thinking about the level of effort some of the items may take to accomplish.
Here are the 4 categories you’ll want to lay out:
The biggest mistake we see is people putting everything into the Must Have or Important. We recommend no more than 5 items in Must Have and 5 items in Important. This helps you prioritize what you really want done in the short-term while still maintaining your long-term goals. And remember, just because it’s in the Delightful or Can Happen later categories doesn’t mean it isn’t important, it just means other items have fallen higher on the list of priorities.
Giving this simple roadmap to your team can help them understand your long-term vision as well as knowing your short-term goals for your business! We’ve found that this exercise really gets people thinking about goals in a different way.
Liked our roadmapping skills? Contact us to talk about how we can help you product roadmap on your next project by emailing info@irisdesigncollaborative.com.
It feels like 2022 was just yesterday! Okay, maybe it was. While we’re still in the first part of the year, we’re sharing the top design trends that are coming to the forefront in 2023. These trends are becoming more visible in all niche tech industries for SaaS and mobile apps, including fintech, edtech, telehealth and more.
Everyone who has a great idea should go through some research and validation because you want to make sure you're building a solution to a problem that people actually have! So, let's walkthrough the steps in doing some research and discovery.
We know hiring a designer for your app or software is a long-term investment. You want someone who will be there for you through and through! So, how do you find the best fit for you that meets all of your needs? You can go through a hiring process to find someone (which typically takes 1-3 months and then another 1-3 months for them to get acquainted), or you can hire an agency on a rolling month-to-month basis.
Have you ever had an experience with an app where you’re like “Oh wow! That is so cool?” It’s these amazing moments that change lives and behaviors. So, how do you cultivate these moments in your app and create a platform that everyone loves to use and come back to?
If you’re a founder, CEO or manager of any online platform, then you know this sentence all too well “it’ll be simple, just one extra screen!” — I have a truth bomb for you, it never is just ONE extra screen! So, how do you figure out if the new feature idea you have is actually in fact SIMPLE or DIFFICULT?
Think of UI/UX designers as the architects of the building — they say what goes where and they provide a blueprint. Developers and engineering are the construction of the home. Remember, both experts have points of view in different areas, so it’s important to weigh these and do what is ultimately best for your business.
