Portfolio
Phase 3: Ideate & Converge
Ideation Goals & Tools
Goal:
Create 3-4 User Stories with a new inclusive product that addresses the next billion users.
Tools:
Excel & PowerPoint have robust accessibility (a11y) features that meet WCAG 2.2 standards so were used for all collaborative work. The offerings of collaborative tools like Figma, Adobe XD, Mural, Miro, Jam Board etc. were explored but failed all POUR tests.
Process Development & Diverse Team Assembly
Developed Product Diversity Office Inclusive Design Methodology
Ensured all documentation and collaboration tools were accessible (WCAG 2.2 AA) for design team member with visual impairement and others.
Assembled Diverse Team of 8 (size dictated by Executive).
Inclusive Design Team consisted of 6 individuals from marginalized groups and 1 with a Visual Impairment.
Required extensive persuasion of leadership to grant access to desired team members.
To build team trust I created & facilitated a Design / Creativity Workshop. to
Trained in methods to increase creativity and empathy through interactive examples and provision of ways to increase creativity (guardrails, add, subtract, multiply, dependency, multi-purpose, etc.).
Ideation
Excel was used as a repository to collect ideations from the survey and the team.
Affinity Clustering was utilized to select subthemes within themes.
Dot voting was conducted to select ideas from excel to then create user stories, journey maps. Impact & Difficulty were taken into consideration during voting
Deciding Part 1
I created crazy 8's, user stories, and detailed scripts to demonstrate pain points and further iterate.
Using PowerPoint, due to robust a11y, we then conducted dot voting on the best user stories, products, and features.