Teaching companies to fish.

“Catch me a fish, I eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I eat for a lifetime.”

projekt202 strongly believes that usability is not a one-time investment, but rather a corporate responsibility that must be fostered and nurtured throughout the life of a company. That’s why we offer consultation services that help our clients learn not just how to buy design, but also learn how to do design.

Design process review.

As part of every project, the members of projekt202 share advice for how your organization can become more user-oriented and design-focused. Through a dedicated effort, we can go even deeper, imparting our knowledge of best practices in order to improve the success of your UI – and the efficiencies of your organization – over the long term.

We begin by analyzing how design is currently integrated into your development cycle. We speak with key stakeholders to understand the decisions behind your current processes and work together to prioritize those considerations. Then we combine this knowledge with our observations about your current methods, and our insight into industry best practices, to formulate a practical strategy tailored to the specifics of your organization.

Creation and education of internal design team.

Companies are coming to recognize the benefits of an internal, global design team to manage their products’ interface-design activities. As you would create a marketing team to ensure you always convey a consistent and favorable message to the public, an internal design team can ensure your software always presents a consistent and favorable face.

Just as importantly, these resources help free up product teams to concentrate on the areas of their true expertise, thus enabling you to deliver better products, faster.

The members of projekt202 have experience helping companies form such internal units. We understand recruitment requirements, and we can advise on team structure and responsibilities. Additionally, we can work with you to train your design staff in interaction design and the components of your new design system. We can support you in establishing the processes and tools within your organization that ensure your UI is given the attention it deserves.

The big question: Why?

Why does projekt202 believe in helping companies hire the talent that could potentially replace the need for our services?

First, it creates good karma. Our mission to improve the world’s software is not just for the benefit of our company, but for the benefit of the user community as a whole – a community we all, like it or not, belong to. We understand that software companies can no longer afford to hire out for all design services, and we would prefer that great strides be made without us, rather than not made at all.

Besides being the right thing to do, we believe it’s also practical. We understand the nature of company-wide design and usability efforts and realize there is enough work to go around. Besides, better informed software companies make for better clients, and help us do the kind of industry-defining work that sets our clients and our own company apart.