Research proposal for Design handoffs in GitLab
What’s this issue all about?
This issue is to get feedback on the pain experienced from our Product Design users who participate in developer handoff with a frontend engineer.
Problem validation issue: gitlab#37124 (closed)
Who is the target user of the feature?
- Product Designer who works on responsive design or visual accuracy of our design system components. More high fidelity handoffs.
- Frontend Engineer
What questions are you trying to answer?
- Is there pain during the hand off for frontend development?
- How do you determine if the engineer nailed the design you gave them?
- What tools are you currently using for this communication?
- Are you aware of the Review App tool and do you use it?
- Do you participate in the MR?
Core questions
- Is there relevant pain there or enough outside tools to validate the need for the Designer to be present in the Review Apps.
Additional questions
- List of tools they user
- Do they do responsive design
- Have they used Designs attached to Issues in GitLab?
What hypotheses and/or assumptions do you have?
- When a Designer hands designs off to an engineer, it is a messy and frustrating process to find and communicate about visual bugs or being code complete during an MR.
- At GitLab, we believe we have a huge opportunity to bridge the gap between Design and Engineering by including Designs for inspection in the MR Review App.
What decisions will you make based on the research findings?
This research will support the Opportunity Canvas review for collaborative and interactive commenting on live production apps while viewing the original designs that were attached to the Issue.
When do you need this research to be completed? (Milestone or date)
- 5 responses for Jan 21 if possible!
Links
- Discussion guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHDru76zJF8f4IHtk-k3jMRokN92-vZSunjfyAjuZZo/edit?usp=sharing
- Notes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GqYwLoHMjNMscyIL9gvVprxzY016G9R3Fo7g2xQSZYY/edit?usp=sharing
- Problem validation issue: gitlab#37124 (closed)
- Opportunity Canvas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yyi33xLJAoo-EMfZaEYrs-NkfODgCFnNa5nmXs008H4/edit#
- Internal discussion between UX and engineering: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/plan/issues/43
Progress
Internal Users
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Katherine, Christen: Schedule interviews with GitLabbers -
Christen: Incorporate feedback into Opportunity Canvas
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Katherine, Christen: Analyze and synthesize feedback
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