Kickstarting Remote Design Teams - The New Digital School

Kickstarting Remote Design Teams

Laïla von Alvensleben@lailavona @wearehanno

Today’s webinar☉ Why design remotely?

☉ Hanno: challenges & benefits

☉ How we work

☉ Remote design sprints

☉ Tips for remote collaboration

☉ Q&A

Why design remotely?

Design is becoming more relevant

68%of millennials are interested

in working remotely

50%of the U.S. workforce will be working remotely part-time

by 2020

Sources: After College Career Insight Survey (2015) https://www.aftercollege.com/cf/2015-annual-surveyForbes (2016) http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/03/31/at-these-125-companies-all-or-most-employees-work-remotely/#214130034d9

Remote work is on the rise

Design sprints can be more profitable

HANNO

☉ Fully remote

☉ Self-managed

☉ Transparent

☉ Purpose driven

We work differently

ResearchPrototyping &

Testing

Web Development

Innovation Labs

Workshops

UX Design Strategy

Visual Design & Branding

Challenges

Culture

Communication

Collaboration

Collaboration

Benefits

Freedom

Flexibility

Focus

For employers☉ Reduced overhead costs

☉ Increase talent pool

☉ Higher productivity

☉ Increase global workdays

☉ Improved well-being of employees

How we work

Processes > Tools

PPP: Progress, Plans, Problems

playbook.hanno.co

Remote Design Sprints

hellopingpong.com

1. Strategy Execution

Understand Ideate Validate Launch Scale

2 days-1 week 1-2 weeks or more 1-2 weeks or more 1-2 weeks or more Optional

Explore opportunity

- workshops- interviews - research

Develop ideas

- ideation - prototypes

Test and validate

- user testing - insights- rapid prototypes

Build product

- user testing - iterations

Scale & accelerate

- integrate the client’s team into our process

How a project unfolds:

1. Strategy 2. Execution

Understand Ideate Validate Launch Scale

2 days-1 week 1-2 weeks or more 1-2 weeks or more 1-2 weeks or more Optional

Explore opportunity

- workshops- interviews - research

Develop ideas

- ideation - prototypes

Test and validate

- user testing - insights- rapid prototypes

Build product

- user testing - iterations

Scale & accelerate

- integrate the client’s team into our process

How a project unfolds:

Pre-sprint preparation☉ Kickoff call

☉ Create team

☉ Find users

☉ Fix stand-up calls

☉ Test internet

Sprint team

Case Study:

Ava

Tips for remote collaboration

Remote work tips☉ Start small

☉ Create guidelines

☉ Overcommunicate

☉ Find your environment

☉ Work alone & face-to-face

Want to design [email protected]

Thank you.