I found this article on 10 things designers should remember. These are the ones that stood out to me to keep in mind as we move forward with our challenge:
#1 – There is no perfect design. Everything is iterative
#7 – “Like” is not a design word. Instead use “works” or “doesn’t work”, downplays the personal subjectivity.
#8 – Look, everyone has an opinion. Even “data” (which is either other people’s opinions, or interpreted by someone with biases). That’s OK! Don’t fight opinions. Triage, focus & decide, no matter how imperfectly.
#10 – Finally, it’s not about “making Engineering (or Product Management) do your design”. It’s about creating a context and process where everyone participates in an imperfect, iterative, compromise-heavy, constraint-driven, decision-making model where there is no one right answer. But we figured something out together, as best as we could…and we keep iterating until we’re awesome.
Tablet Press says
Unfortunately I cannot agree to that. However I always tolerate other persons’ opinions. That’s especially needed when you run your own blog. I’ll be following your blog with great interest.