Now that you have a solid understanding of the product vision, have defined your personas and built your customer journey map - it’s time to take all of those great thoughts and ideas, prioritise it and begin to structure a product vision.
June 30, 2020Agency relationships can be more than a necessary evil. A lot of people see them as endless consultations with sales people or pray-hoping that the agency lives up to the thousands of pounds it quotes you for a job. It doesn’t have to be that way.
June 18, 2020Whichever industry you're in right now, we're all bound by one overarching need: to do more with less. To do this, many companies turn to outsourcing their software development. Putting more bums on seats. This can raise a whole host of problems. Which is why we offer Augmented Engineering - the practice of integrating our software development team with yours. It's outsourced engineering without any of the risks.
June 15, 2020In part 2 of our Remote Digital Product Discovery Workshop: A Guide To success series, we look at process and best practice for ensuring you get the best out of each part of discovery.
May 28, 2020Before COVID-19, almost without exception, our client product discovery sessions were held in person. Now, the team have pivoted to running our discovery sessions remotely. In Part 1, we look at top tips for preparing for success.
May 21, 2020It's mental health awareness week 2020. Now is more important than ever to look after your mental health. Here are 5 top mental health apps to help you on your journey.
May 07, 2020At xDesign, we love hearing about our teams side projects, especially when they are using their skills to help the community in challenging times. This is Bee's story of The Local Shopper, and how she helped build an online directory of over 100 local food and drink businesses in Edinburgh.
May 01, 2020With NHS 24 contact centres managing an extraordinary volume of calls from the public since the COVID-19 pandemic began we volunteered our services to create NHS 24’s symptom checker app. This is the story of how we worked with NHS 24 to build an app for them in just five days.
April 21, 2020Collaborative working can be difficult at a distance, even more so with new teams, shipping new products under pressure. At xDesign we’ve been supporting our clients with blended teams, both onsite & remotely, for many years. In this post we tell you about a favourite with our design team: Figma.
April 16, 2020One of xDesigns core values is innovation. Our Product Designer, Blair Fraser, has combined his love of product design and development with filmmaking. Introducing Filmstack, a curated online directory to help people make amazing videos.
April 14, 2020Now that you’ve been working from home (WFH) for a while, you may be looking for ways to undertake your first remote retrospectives. Fear not, we have just the tool for you - read on to find out why the xDesign team recommends Metro Retro and some tips on how to get the most out of it.
April 09, 2020Emma Chee was born to build. A senior front-end developer at xDesign whose creativity often astounds us, she recently constructed her own keyboard from scratch. It’s a thing of wonder and, as Emma explains, her handiwork’s productivity and ergonomic benefits match the magical appearance.