The Responsible Designer
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The document discusses the responsibilities of designers, emphasizing the importance of creating designs that solve user problems and have positive business impacts. It outlines a decision tree for responsible design, guiding designers through questions about feasibility, budget, testing, and organizational support. The overarching theme is that with great creative power comes the responsibility to make informed and ethical design choices.
The Responsible Designer
- 2. WELCOME TO THE ERA OF
- 3. WITH GREAT POWERS COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITY Source: http://ninammm1.deviantart.com/
- 4. de·sign verb | di-?zīn TO CREATE THE PLANS, DRAWINGS, ETC., THAT SHOW HOW SOMETHING WILL BE MADE
- 5. de·sign verb | di-?zīn TO CREATE THE PLANS, DRAWINGS, ETC., THAT SHOW HOW SOMETHING WILL BE MADE
- 6. de·sign verb | di-?zīn DESIGN IS THE ACT OF MAKING SHIT REAL
- 9. WILL THE USERS LOVE IT?
- 10. IS IT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE?
- 14. Good Ideas Bad IdeasGood ideas you should’t do
- 15. THE RESPONSIBLE DESIGNER’S DECISION TREE Will it solve the users’ problem Will it have a positive business impact Y Is it technically feasible Y With the current dev team Y Can we get help N A good idea you shouldn’t do! N N N
- 17. THE RESPONSIBLE DESIGNER’S DECISION TREE Will it solve the users’ problem Will it have a positive business impact Y Is it technically feasible Y With the current dev team Y Can we get help N Can we get more time or more money N A good idea you shouldn’t do! N N N N Y With the current deadline and budget Y Will the decision impact more important functionality Y N N Y Y (right now)
- 19. THE RESPONSIBLE DESIGNER’S DECISION TREE Will we have time to do test and QA Do we trust that it will work as intended without N A good idea you shouldn’t do! N (right now)
- 22. THE RESPONSIBLE DESIGNER’S DECISION TREE Will we have time to do test and QA Do we trust that it will work as intended without N N Can we or someone else teach them? N Will the organisation be able to support this functionality Y Y Y Y A good idea you shouldn’t do! N (right now)