Pain is Temporary, Suck is Forever: the Power of Sparring

NAT JONES • SENIOR DESIGNER • @NATEMSJ

The power of sparring

B E G I N N I N G O F S PA R R I N G

F E E D B A C K

S PA R R I N G C U R R E N T LY

T H E F U T U R E O F S PA R R I N G

Q U E S T I O N S

It just doesn’t pop

My spouse / child /pet doesn’t like it

I don’t get it

Pain is temporary, suck is forever

Dr. Michael B. Johnson of Pixar

Photo: Pixar/Disney

Drive to learn & need for acceptance

Structure & focus

Sparring

Art critique

Photo: Tak Fujimoto

Design led Structured Inclusive Regular

Photo: Tak Fujimoto

Beginning

Present

Future

Problems

Context

Structured feedback

Closing the loop

Remote teams

Visual design

Create journey template in Confluence

Share template, update sparring run sheet

Feedback left on template. Digested by designer

Sparring. Feedback collected in HipChat

Designer collates& actions feedback

Weekly

Create and share journey template using

SolvesContext Consistency







SolvesContext Structured feedback Remote teams






Weekly spar. Feedback collected live using

SolvesStructured feedback Remote teams Closing the loop






Designer collates and actions feedback

SolvesStructured feedback Closing the loop

Share template, update sparring runsheet




Weekly


Exercise: Visual design

human

PQ

technical

PQ

Measure

Case study

v1

v1

Themes

Modal

Casual language

Cross sell

v2

v2

Themes

Unclear call to action

Cleaner

Server hosting too strong

v3

Themes

Mis-matched image

Form placement

Call to action too casual

Shipped

New product signup

+15%

Beginning

Present

Future

Scale

Beginning

Present

Future

Structure & focus

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Thank you!

NAT JONES • SENIOR DESIGNER • @NATEMSJ

Questions?

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Pain is Temporary, Suck is Forever: the Power of Sparring