Discovery and definition
- Goal setting (problem statement, hypotheses) and team-wide presentation
- Design brief (goal, user stories, research needed, key user flows)
https://www.notion.so/wikimediadesign/Function-evaluator-69475792956b45b1a106791b9dce80dd?pvs=4
Research and plan
- [ ] Conduct first round of usability testing with 2–3 variants of design proposals, being sure to center target audiences and measuring impact on accessibility goals and guardrails. Surface possible biases in user testing
- [ ] Share outcomes of usability testing with internal and external stakeholders
Design and develop
- High fidelity design proposal with variants
- [ ] Share design updates (metawiki, newsletter)
- [ ] Ask for community input
Figma file
Widget anatomy
Example pages
Engineering
- Replace old components with new ones
- Implement new design/structure changes
- Tests:
Test and iterate
- Test concept via an Alpha, Beta or Prototype with partner communities and those potentially impacted by feature, in their preferred language
Implement and refine
- Design review on updated software
Completion checklist
Before closing this task, review one by one the checklist available here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia_team/Definition_of_Done#Design_Task_Completion_Checklist