Good set of guidelines and thanks for sharing. But in reality not all projects can afford to go through this routine. The following is what i believe works for

Good set of guidelines and thanks for sharing. But in reality not all projects can afford to go through this routine. The following is what i believe works for most time sensitive projects. It would be better to set a top level vision for the UX and give it to proven people to deliver. UI/UX is something that everyone in an organization can have an opinion very easily so your goal should be to satisfy end user and not everyone in the company. Take it as early as possible to beta testers and if your initial vision for UX is solid - it would take few iterations to get it correct.