Designing for Government

Designing for

GovernmentAli Felski

Sunlight Foundation @felskia

Why design is

important

step 1

think about your

project goals(make them measurable and specific)

be touchy feely(used a shared language to communicate

effectively about design)

step 2

take slices(set up a timeline so that you’re checking

in with the designer on a regular basis)

mood board(sample of what the design may look like)

wireframe(structure of the site)

comp(flat design of what the site will look like)

buildout(turning the comp into HTML & CSS)

card sortingtool: http://uxpunk.com/websort/

community reach out

step 3

ask a lot of questions(make sure every one is always

on the same page)

step 4

try not to be

prescriptive(beware of the frankencomp)