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I like to think of portfolio projects as a recipe video you& #39;d see online
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It starts with a beautiful visual of the finished plate to draw people in.
And then 95% of the video documents how you make the dish from scratch.
Here& #39;s a list of questions to help fill in that 95%https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="RĂŒckhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: RĂŒckhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
It starts with a beautiful visual of the finished plate to draw people in.
And then 95% of the video documents how you make the dish from scratch.
Here& #39;s a list of questions to help fill in that 95%
There& #39;s been a lot of Q&A around portfolio pieces in @shiftnudge recently. So I decided to compile some question prompts into a bit of a list.
Not every project produces answers to all of these questions. But hopefully, these spark some ideas of your own.
Let& #39;s take a lookhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="RĂŒckhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: RĂŒckhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
Not every project produces answers to all of these questions. But hopefully, these spark some ideas of your own.
Let& #39;s take a look
TEAM/PROJECT INFO
Who was the project for?
What was your role on the team?
What were you directly responsible for?
How did you collaborate with other team members?
What business context is needed to understand the project?
Who was the project for?
What was your role on the team?
What were you directly responsible for?
How did you collaborate with other team members?
What business context is needed to understand the project?
THE PROBLEM
How did you figure out what to work on?
Was there a specific problem that you set out to solve or goal you hoped to achieve?
How did you narrow down the scope of work?
What "no-go zones" were established?
How did you make sure you were solving the right problem?
How did you figure out what to work on?
Was there a specific problem that you set out to solve or goal you hoped to achieve?
How did you narrow down the scope of work?
What "no-go zones" were established?
How did you make sure you were solving the right problem?
ASSUMPTIONS
What were your initial assumptions going into the project? How did they change and what altered them?
What details can you share about the type of user you were designing for?
How did the target user persona impact your design decisions?
What were your initial assumptions going into the project? How did they change and what altered them?
What details can you share about the type of user you were designing for?
How did the target user persona impact your design decisions?
PROCESS
Did you work on anything BEFORE diving into Figma?
How do you think about progressing through different levels of fidelity?
What decisions were made at each level?
How did you gain alignment as a team?
How did you set engineers up for success?
Did you work on anything BEFORE diving into Figma?
How do you think about progressing through different levels of fidelity?
What decisions were made at each level?
How did you gain alignment as a team?
How did you set engineers up for success?
FEEDBACK
What was your strategy for getting feedback?
How did you get it and at what points in the process?
What were you hoping to learn?
What did you actually learn?
How did that measure up to your initial assumptions?
How did feedback impact your strategy moving forward?
What was your strategy for getting feedback?
How did you get it and at what points in the process?
What were you hoping to learn?
What did you actually learn?
How did that measure up to your initial assumptions?
How did feedback impact your strategy moving forward?
LEARNING
What were some of the tradeoffs you decided to make and why?
What did you try that didnât work?
Do you have any ideas as to why they failed?
How did you adjust?
Is there anything that you would& #39;ve done differently?
What did you learn for your next project?
What were some of the tradeoffs you decided to make and why?
What did you try that didnât work?
Do you have any ideas as to why they failed?
How did you adjust?
Is there anything that you would& #39;ve done differently?
What did you learn for your next project?
MEASURING
How did you (or do you plan to) measure the impact of the project?
What does "success" look like for this project?
Were there any ways in which the project missed the mark?
What business needles did the project move?
What are some potential next steps?
How did you (or do you plan to) measure the impact of the project?
What does "success" look like for this project?
Were there any ways in which the project missed the mark?
What business needles did the project move?
What are some potential next steps?
Once you& #39;ve documented your creative process, make sure to wrap up the "recipe video" with another polished visual of the finished product https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="â
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The pretty Dribbbly pictures are the bread. Your process is the meat of the sandwich and ultimately what people will want to focus onhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Daumen hoch" aria-label="Emoji: Daumen hoch">
The pretty Dribbbly pictures are the bread. Your process is the meat of the sandwich and ultimately what people will want to focus on
Again... don& #39;t feel like you need to have an answer for every single question listed above (or follow the order).
This set of questions is merely a reference to make the blank canvas of portfolio creation a little bit less intimidatinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit Heiligenschein" aria-label="Emoji: LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit Heiligenschein">
What would you add to the list?
This set of questions is merely a reference to make the blank canvas of portfolio creation a little bit less intimidating
What would you add to the list?
