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Product Design Articles

Written by thoughtbot, your expert strategy, design, product management, and development partner.

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  1. Don't Rush

    The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. Here’s how we prefer to start.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 6, 2017
    • Product Design
    • Process
    • Agile
    • Prototyping
    • User Interface
    • User Experience
    • Design
  2. My First Product Design Sprint

    Product Design Sprints are great for validating ideas and concepts, and developers can both learn and add a lot to them.

    Calle Erlandsson
    July 7, 2016
    • Design
    • Stockholm
    • Product Design
  3. Merck Developer Portal Case Study

    A glimpse into our process from start to finish on a developer portal project for Merck.

    Kyle Fiedler
    September 14, 2015
    • Design
    • Ember
    • Philadelphia
    • Product Design
    • Jobs To Be Done
  4. Test-Driven Product Design

    Development tests drive the process for how we implement new features. Design tests should drive why we are building the features in the first place.

    Kyle Fiedler
    September 8, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • Jobs To Be Done
  5. How We Use Trello for Product Design and Development

    A walk through of our product design and development process using Trello.

    Kyle Fiedler
    April 8, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • Jobs To Be Done
  6. Xcode as a Prototyping Tool for Designers

    Xcode can be a great prototyping tool for iOS designers.

    Michelle Venetucci Harvey
    April 7, 2015
    • Design
    • iOS
    • Product Design
  7. Design Sprint Case Study: iOS Coaching at thoughtbot

    How we used a Product Design Sprint to structure iOS coaching at thoughtbot.

    Michelle Venetucci Harvey
    February 25, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • iOS
    • Coaching
  8. DIY Design Sprints

    Start running your own design sprints with our detailed instructions.

    Kyle Fiedler
    February 5, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • Open Source
  9. Converting To Jobs Stories

    A seemingly minor change in wording our user stories to use the jobs-to-be-done framework has had a major positive impact on how we build products.

    Kyle Fiedler
    January 16, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • Jobs To Be Done
  10. Ethnographic Research Exercise

    Practice ethnographic research with grocery shoppers.

    Jeff Smith
    January 15, 2015
    • Design
    • User Research
    • Product Design
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