Live Webinar December 17th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

4 Essential Techniques For Successful Project Definition

Without Discovery, design projects collapse into a disorganized mess.

As a designer, you rely on Discovery to clarify the assignment and establish a north star to guide your team’s work. To ensure everyone is pointed at the same star, however, you need great collaboration.

Have you ever wondered…

• What makes for great design Discovery?
• What are the essential ingredients to design Discovery?
• How is a designer’s mindset the key to great collaboration?
• How can designers think more strategically about the Discovery process?
• What collaborative behaviors should designers cultivate for great Discovery?

See Dan live at the inaugural O’Reilly Design Conference in San Francisco, CA, on January 19-22, where he will be speaking about Crafting the discovery phase: First steps in effective UX.

Presenter:  Dan M. Brown  (LinkedIn profile, @brownorama) is the co-founder EightShapes, a design firm based in Washington, D.C.and author of  Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning and Designing Together: The Collaboration & Conflict Management Handbook For Creative Professionals.  Dan’s books are widely considered to be essential reading for UX designers. UX teams all over the world have played his game Surviving Design Projects, to improve their conflict management skills.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Collaborative Design Discovery: Essential Techniques For Learning Together