Essays and notes on product design and design engineering.https://joesteinkamp.com/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/favorite-product-development-lifecycle-diagrams/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/favorite-product-development-lifecycle-diagrams/Product Kata Reference: Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri Jeff Patton’s Dual Track Agile Reference: https://www.jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/ Desiree Sy’s Dual Track Agile Reference:…Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTdesignprocessdiagramshttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/best-designed-saas-products/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/best-designed-saas-products/Notion How They Describe Themselves Experience Highlights Notion Screenshot Gallery Superhuman How They Describe Themselves Experience Highlights Superhuman Screenshot Gallery Airtable How They Describe Themselves Experience Highlights…Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTdesignsaascrafthttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/favorite-design-definitions/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/favorite-design-definitions/Design is funny and challenging to define due to some of its ambiguous nature (it’s a process specifically targets problems with no clear answers). Here are some of my favorite definitions I’ve come across from others. “Design is the…Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTdesigndefinitionshttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/product-experience-attributes/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/product-experience-attributes/The Balance “I believe many UX designers are stuck evaluating the quality of a design solely based on its usability. While certainly important and most often the most important, it is only one aspect of a design. Some aspects that can…Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTproductexperiencestrategyhttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/the-perversion-of-mvp/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/the-perversion-of-mvp/The original definition of an MVP was to test a new product in the market to see if it’s viable. The product was either successful and you learned how to improve it or the product was a failure and learned why and what to pivot to. MVP…Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTproductprocesshttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/post-boarding-the-alternative-to-onboarding/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/post-boarding-the-alternative-to-onboarding/Many of our digital products these days are becoming more complex and multi-faceted. As our products continue to grow, it causes a multitude of problems. One, the increased complexity and depth can quickly erode all the ease of use…Mon, 29 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTproductonboardinguxhttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/digital-designer-disciplines-rating-hexagon/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/digital-designer-disciplines-rating-hexagon/More focused on mid-senior tier designers to identify their distribution of knowledge with the ideal goal that you’re performing at high levels on all disciplines. While it’s likely unrealistic for a single designer to maximize…Wed, 24 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTdesigncareerskillshttps://joesteinkamp.com/writing/my-favorite-ux-design-process-diagrams/https://joesteinkamp.com/writing/my-favorite-ux-design-process-diagrams/Over the years I’ve collected quite of few design process diagrams that I like and use as reference to constantly iterate on my process. Here are some of my favorites.Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTuxprocessdiagrams