We all know multidisciplinary collaboration leads to better results. For digital products, a strong design-development partnership boosts your team’s:
- Potential for innovation
- Commitment to user needs
- Product quality
- Overall efficiency
- Morale
But how do you get from awkward design critiques and endless email threads to true collaboration? At McGill, we bridged the work methods of two separate teams to create a strong design-dev workflow. Together, we’ve produced dozens of strategically important, high-quality projects and updates to our websites. I’ll share the mindset, groundwork, and ongoing tactical activities that make it work, including tips for:
- Identifying a shared mission
- Building compatible processes between traditional and agile teams
- Managing stakeholder input and user data
- Scaling up and creating a resilient process