Not a designer or developer but am a 10 year+ customer. These videos are really good viewing & I can apply the process to my business. The new client features are what we've been waiting for in BC3 to move from BC1. Look forward to them going live.
this is a great example of how to give feedback, long pauses, not rushing for the first thing that comes to mind (like or dislike), and talking through the motives behind the designer approach. Most of the time this doesn't happen at all. People just command other colleagues to put or remove new things without considering the big picture, without considering their work (basically, lack of respect).
I'm a bit curious about what was Connor's job here exactly. Did he implement this feature himself? Is he working as the leader of a team with other people for this feature? Is he a developer or a designer? Did you guys make all the changes back-end before building the front-end? By the way thanks for sharing these videos, such a great insight on how you guys work as a team.
Conor is the lead designer on the project (and the only designer on the project). He’s also the “point person” on the project which means he’s also the project manager (we don’t have dedicated project managers). The team is 3 people total, including developers. We design and develop concurrently for about 95% of the project, but we typically start with a few days of design so we can all look at something together.
Great session guys, love to see how you think about the nuances and your attention to detail. What process would you follow if you had to start an MVP from scratch, instead of having to refine a live product? Please, next time disable iDevices notifications for us listening with a headset :)
Same process. This was a brand new feature, we weren't altering anything existing. Yes it's being built inside an existing product, and it's interacting with other elements in the product, but it's all the same process: Figure out what really matters, and focus in on that. I can't tell you how to do that in a RUclips comment, of course ;) -JF
Awesome videos, thanks so much for sharing them. Quick question, if you have a sec: do you do the design/html/js first or at the same time as the backend?
Conceptual design starts first (so we have something to build), but implementation happens at the same time. It's all part of the same process. It's all very fluid and lots of things change as we go, so we work together rather than apart. -JF
Very tactful how you discussed the sabbatical at the end, shows a great company culture!
Not a designer or developer but am a 10 year+ customer. These videos are really good viewing & I can apply the process to my business. The new client features are what we've been waiting for in BC3 to move from BC1. Look forward to them going live.
Awesome! Stay tuned. -JF
this is a great example of how to give feedback, long pauses, not rushing for the first thing that comes to mind (like or dislike), and talking through the motives behind the designer approach. Most of the time this doesn't happen at all. People just command other colleagues to put or remove new things without considering the big picture, without considering their work (basically, lack of respect).
True! Maybe because many people lack that ability of seeing the bigger picture and considering things thoroughly.
Watching conversations like this make me want to work at Basecamp.
Great stuff! 👏
I'm a bit curious about what was Connor's job here exactly. Did he implement this feature himself? Is he working as the leader of a team with other people for this feature? Is he a developer or a designer? Did you guys make all the changes back-end before building the front-end? By the way thanks for sharing these videos, such a great insight on how you guys work as a team.
Conor is the lead designer on the project (and the only designer on the project). He’s also the “point person” on the project which means he’s also the project manager (we don’t have dedicated project managers). The team is 3 people total, including developers. We design and develop concurrently for about 95% of the project, but we typically start with a few days of design so we can all look at something together.
Great session guys, love to see how you think about the nuances and your attention to detail. What process would you follow if you had to start an MVP from scratch, instead of having to refine a live product?
Please, next time disable iDevices notifications for us listening with a headset :)
Same process. This was a brand new feature, we weren't altering anything existing. Yes it's being built inside an existing product, and it's interacting with other elements in the product, but it's all the same process: Figure out what really matters, and focus in on that. I can't tell you how to do that in a RUclips comment, of course ;) -JF
Awesome videos, thanks so much for sharing them. Quick question, if you have a sec: do you do the design/html/js first or at the same time as the backend?
Conceptual design starts first (so we have something to build), but implementation happens at the same time. It's all part of the same process. It's all very fluid and lots of things change as we go, so we work together rather than apart. -JF