Planning is Not a Step You Skip

Every project or task, no matter how big or small starts with a plan.

Depending on the scope of work involved your plan can entail months of work with layers of moving parts or it can be as simple as just considering where your solution fits into the bigger picture.

Far to many times I've seen designers or developers rush into implementing a solution just to put out a fire only to rework the same problem over and over again becuase they didn't consider how it fit into a larger picture. Planning doesn't have to be cumbersome or get in the way. It should be valued step to avoid wasting time, money and resources that can be used to build against a bigger goal.

A plan allows you to know what your getting into before you start.

Below I put together a simple Sketch file that can help you when planning your next project. This template is meant to follow a robust UX design process. Also known as hypothesis driven-design. I realize not every project can have every step along the way so use this as a guide to help you ask some questions before diving into the work.

Hope you find it helpful and most of all, keep designing!

-Eric