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I guess the question is: how do you, say, design a new feature that needs input from more than 4 people?
by robertlagrant 2y ago
I guess the question is: how do you, say, design a new feature that needs input from more than 4 people?
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoYou write a design, accept valued but nonbinding comments on it, and then deliver a presentation after which you’ll proceed with the project unless someone vetoes.
- DanielHB 2y agoExactly, also use some kind of design document tool that accepts comments (like Google Docs or Confluence) and try to get people to read and make notes _before_ any meetings.
- MajimasEyepatch 2y agoIt’s often useful to meet individually with each person before the presentation too, especially those people who are likely to throw up roadblocks. Ideally everyone is in agreement before the meeting, and the final decision is essentially a formality.
- Angostura 2y agoI’d like to see you try that when trying to improve a flow at, say, a hospital where that involves separate teams of nurses, lab workers, doctors pharmacists and admin staff.
- robertlagrant 2y agoBut how do you know what to design?
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoYou intuit it from discussions you've had with users about what they want, and with other developers about what can feasibly be built. If there's some reproducible process to identify good product ideas, I've never seen it in action, and I suspect the software market would look quite a bit different if it existed.