5 most common questions about Product Design Workshops

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In this short video, we are going to answer five most

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common questions about product design workshops and

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dispel all the doubts you may have about them.

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Let's start with the most important question.

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Why should you decide on product design workshops?

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First of all, you are going to structure your ideas about the project and

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have a better understanding of users' needs.

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Another important thing is that developers and designers will

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get a decent knowledge about both your product and business

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goals and will help you validate them.

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Also, getting to know the team you are about to work with

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would be very beneficial.

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Secondly, let us explain to you what the product design

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workshops look like.

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To be honest, every workshop is different and depends on the project needs.

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But generally speaking,

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we can distinguish two forms that we use at Merixstudio.

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These are discovery and scoping sessions that we can run-in

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house or remotely.

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What are the differences between them?

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Discovery sessions are usually led at the beginning of the

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project when the idea is not clear yet.

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It's a full sized product design workshop focused more on

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searching for solutions to create a product.

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Scoping sessions on the other hand are recommended for the

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projects in a more advanced phase and their main goal is to

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assess the scope of the project.

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It can be done in many different ways,

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but at Merixstudio we usually do story mapping during which

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we focus on functionalities trying to allocate them to

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specific roles, users and the system.

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Let's move on to the next question.

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How should you prepare for workshop session?

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The more we know about the project or idea upfront,

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the more effective a meeting with a customer will be.

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That's why we look for benchmarks and inspirations.

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It brings us closer to the idea you want to put in motion.

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Think if you can provide us with an already existing solution.

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Once something has been developed,

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there is no need to reinvent the wheel.

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Measuring movement on the website and observing what is

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the biggest problem for the user is essential information

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to design and implement key improvements.

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If you've already done analytical research using tools

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like Hotjar or Google Analytics,

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we would be more than happy to take a look at this data.

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Who takes part in workshops?

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That's another question on our list.

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There are no strict rules,

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but diversity is priceless.

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Merixstudio Studio is always represented by a full stack

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team consisting of project manager,

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UX and UI designers, front end and back end developers.

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From the client side it differs,

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but we value participation of CTOs,

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product owners or even CEOs.

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We would also appreciate the presence of people who have

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knowledge about your users, like sales or client service.

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The main deliverable for the scoping session would be a story map.

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Additionally, we split the map into priorities to provide

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MVP.

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The discovery session covers also the bigger picture of the

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project, meaning the business context captured in a useful

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and clear cut form.

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So these were the five most common questions about the

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product design workshops,

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but if you have more of them or want to schedule a workshop

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session, feel free to contact us.