Tatiana Torset
Head of Product at Diggecard
Bergen, Norway
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Head of Product at a Norwegian Fintech company with academic background in both IT and design, Tatiana’s main role is to organise collaboration between design, development and product parts of the team. Tatiana facilitates defining product strategy and ensures that the product quality meets the best standards and satisfies the customers and at the same time are optimal for the business.
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Change wings on the fly: replace a system that handles 50 million euro turnover with zero downtime
In October 2019 Diggecard, a Norwegian fintech startup, acquired a UK gift card company. One of the conditions of the deal was to move more than a hundred of their business customers off the systems they were using in less than a year without interrupting the service even for a day. This meant designing and developing the replacement software and of course, not just copying the existing one, but optimising it too.
My role as Head of Design was to help development team make it happen.
We did make it happen:
- planed the new system so that it fully replaced all old ones, leaving no holes;
- were at any time sure what would be the next piece of software that we need to develop;
- released new functionality in small portions that were immediately taken in use without necessity to wait for some other piece to be ready;
- met the deadlines in spite of additional complications caused by the pandemics.
This was not just luck. It was the result of application of a methodology that ensures this very result: product that covers end-to end flow, minimal releases and clear priorities. In this case study I will show how this methodology works.
Styleguide-Driven Development
Design system - it is a buzzword for many, a goal for some, but a reality for very few. Why? Because a real design system is not just creating a UI kit and a component library. It is changing the way interface is architectured, way the front end code is organised and - most important - how teams collaborate. It can even affect back end architecture. Sounds like a huge task?
In this talk we will show how to set the process right: what changes should be made in the workflow, the responsibilities, the tools the team is using and in the mindset of its members. We will discuss how to introduce living styleguide-driven approach in an existing product and how to start with it from scratch. When and how should the team jump into it? Should it be done straight away, at the very start of the project? Is it too late when the product is already live? What to start with if it is redesign? And probably most difficult - how to sell this idea to the team and the product owners?
In this presentation you will learn:
What changes must be made in the team and the development process and how to minimise them;
How transition to SDD for an existing project differs from starting from scratch and why it matters;
Is it worth the effort: what value it brings to the team and to the product.
Lean implementation of design system: five small steps towards one big goal
You all agree that a design system is a great idea, you are inspired by examples of others, but a suggestion “This year we will start building a design system of our own” does not excite your boss or your client? Or you have already started implementing it, but it is not finished and not really used? For many companies creating a design system becomes a huge side project that they are trying to run in addition to the main roadmap. And a huge product that does not become useful before it is finished.
We use lean approach when creating new solutions for the market, but when it comes to design systems a lot of us are still in waterfall era. In this talk we will show how design systems can be implemented the lean way. We will go through five steps that can be taken one by one. We will discuss what to begin with and what to leave for later depending on your product state and goals. We will show, how to establish the smallest foundation that will begin bringing value straight away. We will see how to make the design system robust enough to be able to grow and evolve over time.
You will learn:
How to find the MVP of a design system for your product;
How to tie building it in your regular work;
How to make a design system that is used by everyone from day one.
NDC Oslo 2022 Sessionize Event
NDC Porto 2022 Sessionize Event
Design systems pre-event of Refresh conference
Lean Implementation of Design Systems
Agile on the beach
What to Build First and Why: Goal-Oriented MVP
Frontend United
A Practical Guide to Styleguide-Driven Development
NDC London 2018 Sessionize Event
NDC TechTown 2017 Sessionize Event
Swanseacon
Defining MVP with scenarios
Agile in the City London
What's next?
UX Scotland
Styleguide-Driven Development
UX in the City Manchester
Defining MVP with scenarios
Booster conference
Designing MVP with scenarios
Tatiana Torset
Head of Product at Diggecard
Bergen, Norway
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