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Effective Remote Design
The document discusses remote design, addressing misconceptions about remote work being new and emphasizing that it's not solely about physical distance. It presents survey results from 275 designers highlighting challenges in remote design regarding workspace, process, and team dynamics. Recommendations are provided for enhancing remote collaboration through communication tools, asynchronous work, and fostering a strong team culture.
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Effective Remote Design
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- 3. 1. Remote Work 2.Survey on Remote Design 3. Remote Design - Workspace, Process, Team 4. Final Thoughts AGENDA
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- 5. Why is itevery time I ask for a pair of hands, they come with a brain attached? HENRY FORD
- 6. PETER DRUCKER The mostvaluable asset of a 21st-century institution… will be its knowledge workers and their productivity.
- 7. ROBERT KAPLAN & DAVIDNORTON “Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy” 1996 REMOTE WORK
- 8. 1. Remote workis new Misconceptions
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- 11. 1. Remote workis new (no, it isn’t) 2. Remote work means being far away Misconceptions
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- 15. 1. Remote workis new (no, it isn’t) 2. Remote work means being far away (not really) 3. Remote work is permanent Misconceptions
- 17. 1. Remote workis new (no, it isn’t) 2. Remote work means being far away (not really) 3. Remote work is permanent (actually, it’s fluid) 4. Remote work is up to the remote person Misconceptions
- 20. 1. Remote workis new (no, it isn’t) 2. Remote work means being far away (not really) 3. Remote work is permanent (actually, it’s fluid) 4. Remote work is up to the remote person (nope) 5. You can work for anywhere Misconceptions
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- 22. 1. Remote workis new (no, it isn’t) 2. Remote work means being far away (not really) 3. Remote work is permanent (actually, it’s fluid) 4. Remote work is up to the remote person (nope) 5. You can work for anywhere (kinda) Misconceptions
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- 24. Unique Challenges • Visualthinking • Divergent thinking • Iterative work
- 25. Survey on RemoteDesign • 275 designers from around the world • Mostly digital product designers • Companies from one to over 10,000
- 26. Frequency of remotedesign
- 27. Challenges of RemoteDesign
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- 29. Factors of RemoteDesign 1. Workspace 2. Process 3. Team
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- 32. Hangouts 43% Skype43% Internal Drives 34% GoToMeeting 32% Google 31% Evernote 16% WebEx 24% … What’s App 18% … Box 14% … Basic Collaboration CONFERENCING CHAT FILE SHARING 66% 43% 54%
- 33. Hangouts 43% Skype43% Internal Drives 34% GoToMeeting 32% Google 31% Evernote 16% WebEx 24% … What’s App 18% … Box 14% … Basic Collaboration CONFERENCING CHAT FILE SHARING 66% 43% 54%
- 34. Hangouts 43% Skype43% Internal Drives 34% GoToMeeting 32% Google 31% Evernote 16% WebEx 24% … What’s App 18% … Box 14% … Basic Collaboration CONFERENCING CHAT FILE SHARING 66% 43% 54%
- 35. Design Tools 44% ofdon’t use an online prototyping tool. 48% ONLINE PROTOTYPING 59% of don’t use online testing tools 37% ONLINE TESTING
- 36. Design Tools 44% ofdon’t use an online prototyping tool. Marvel 13% UX Pin 10% Proto.IO 9% Internal Tool 8% … 48% ONLINE PROTOTYPING 59% of don’t use online testing tools UserZoom 21% Other 14% OptimalWorkshop 11% Internal Tool 9% … 37% ONLINE TESTING
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- 38. Visual Workspace Free Trialat: http://mural.co
- 39. Sketching Nathan Curtis, “SharingSketches Remotely” http://www.eightshapes.com/blog/2011/08/19/sharing-sketches-remotely/
- 40. • Agree oncommunication stack • Get good audio • Use multiple devices • Prototype & test online • Use a virtual whiteboard Recommendations
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- 42. 2. PROCESS DISCOVER DEFINEDELIVER
- 43. 2. PROCESS DISCOVER DEFINEDELIVER UNCERTAINTY CERTAINTY
- 44. IDEO.org – DesignKit: The Course for Human-Centered Design
- 45. Remote Brainstorming Jeff Gothelf “Remotecollaborative brainstorming and sketching” http://www.jeffgothelf.com/blog/remote-collaborative-brainstorming-and-sketching-part-i/
- 46. Remote Design Thinking Hanno.co “Gettinginto remote design thinking with Murally” https://logbook.hanno.co/remote-design-thinking-with-murally/
- 47. Work asynchronously • Planindependent tasks • Maintain momentum Plan real-time meetings • Timebox activities • Leverage multitasking • Digitize on-the-fly Recommendations
- 48. Work is nota place, it’s what you accomplished with others Trust Empathy Common Vision 3. TEAM
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- 50. SPLIT TEAM MIXEDTEAM MODES OF INTERACTION
- 51. SPLIT TEAM MIXEDTEAM ALL REMOTE MODES OF INTERACTION
- 52. 45% 23%6% Combination 25% SPLITTEAM MIXED TEAM ALL REMOTE MODES OF INTERACTION
- 53. Recommendations • Meet inperson initially • Post designs daily • Schedule standups & reviews • Go “all remote” for meetings • Ensure everyone joins individually
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- 56. PILOT AN ALL-DIGITALEFFORT
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- 59. “In the humaneconomy, the most valuable workers will be hired hearts.”
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- 63. Skype Google hangouts GoToMeeting WebEx Lync Slack Skype Google What’s App Lync Tools InVision Marvel UXPin Proto.io UserTesting UserZoom Other OptimalWorkshop Mural LinoIt BoardThing StormBoard RealtimeBoards DropBox Google Drive Internal Drives Evernote Box CONFERENCING CHAT FILE SHARING ONLINE PROTOTYPING ONLINE TESTING ONLINE WHITEBOARDS
- 64. Advantages Flexibility Less costly Talent Pool Productivity Reducedabsences Isolation Lack of routine Communication Social aspect missing Dependence on tech Disadvantages
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- 68. Companies without Offices Basecamp(formerly 37 Signals) WordPress.com/Automattic Genutec GitHub (100 employees) Kalypso LP MCF Technology Solutions ProofHQ Treehouse Copyblogger (source) YouNeedABudget StackExchange (50/50) MySQL (70/30) GrantStreet SoftwareMill Mozilla 10up Art & Logic (70 employees) AsmallOrange LullaBot (35 employees) AppendTo (23 employees) UniversalMind (65 employees) Basho (115 employees, 50% remote) ScrapingHub (60 employees) UpWorthy (37 employees) http://scottberkun.com/2013/how-many-companies-are-100-distributed/
- 69. ROBERT KAPLAN & DAVIDNORTON “Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy” 1996
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