How To Build An Impressive Product Vision Board

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A lot of businesses have a vision statement – a memorable sentence that expresses the core aim of the company. However, not many lay it all out on a product vision board. When City Innovation Labs facilitates workshops with our clients we like to ask if the business has a vision statement for itself or […]

This is Why Empathy Needs to Drive Design Thinking

Having empathy is an important skill. Recently I learned the importance of employing empathy within Design Thinking. While I don’t have a background in design, I wanted to learn more about the process and how best to support our team and clients with this method. Here’s what I learned.  Empathy Comes First Empathy needs to […]

How to Develop an Impressive Prototyping Process

Prototyping is a vital part of the design thinking process and in this article, I’d like to illustrate what prototype fidelities we use and why — to better understand and manage user expectations. “How it works” Vs. “How it looks” For a better understanding of fidelity it makes sense to separate functionality (or UX) and […]

Story Mapping for Your Internal Team

Our team uses story mapping to strategize with customers. It allows for collaboration by creating a story of what a product will look like and how it will be built. From a Project Manager’s internal perspective, story mapping is incredibly helpful. Not only does it help your Design and Development teams move quickly, but it […]

How a Design Prototype Can Save You Time & Money

A design prototype is an interactive visualization of your future product or service: created to facilitate, collect and implement end-user feedback. Many use prototyping in their software development process. However, not everyone utilizes its full potential to save time and money.  The Benefits of Prototyping Before we start let’s review what makes prototyping useful and […]