[Design] Design statement of purpose reviewed

[Pau Giner]

Hi all,

Some months ago we started to define a statement of purpose for design at
Wikimedia. We shared our initial iteration and got useful feedback. Based
on that feedback, we have updated a new version:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose

Please, feel free to check the updated version, and provide any suggestion
in the talk page.

If the statement just sounds as a logical, simple, and obvious description
for the purpose of design here, that was the goal. Putting this in writing
has been helpful for designers and people working with us to get into the
same page, and will be useful in the future to achieve the level of support
for design we envision for those areas where we are not there yet.

Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the process.

[Arthur Richards]

Thank you Pau, and to all of the folks involved in the process. In addition
to the UX designers, design researchers, UX engineers, and brand folks in
communications, the Team Practices Group and Community Liaisons were
intimately involved. Internal stakeholders and folks from the broader
community played instrumental roles as well.

Defining the statement of purpose was a truly collaborative process. It's
been awesome to see it all unfold and it's great to see such a clear final
product.

Having jointly developed a shared understanding of the purpose of design
within the design group and between the design group and their stakeholders
may seem simple - and it is, as Pau articulated, by design (pun intended) -
but going through a process like this is never easy. In addition to the
increased and shared clarity around what design at the WMF is trying to
achieve at a big-picture level, this document can and will serve as a
useful tool in many different levels of decision making - from day-to-day
team-level and product decisions, to big and challenging strategic
decisions.

Big thanks again to everyone who has been involved!

Post by Pau Giner
Hi all,
Some months ago we started to define a statement of purpose for design at
Wikimedia. We shared our initial iteration and got useful feedback. Based
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose
Please, feel free to check the updated version, and provide any suggestion
in the talk page.
If the statement just sounds as a logical, simple, and obvious description
for the purpose of design here, that was the goal. Putting this in writing
has been helpful for designers and people working with us to get into the
same page, and will be useful in the future to achieve the level of support
for design we envision for those areas where we are not there yet.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the process.
--
Pau Giner
Senior User Experience Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Anna Stillwell]

:)

Post by Pau Giner
Hi all,
Some months ago we started to define a statement of purpose for design at
Wikimedia. We shared our initial iteration and got useful feedback. Based
on that feedback, we have updated a new version: https://www.
mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose
Please, feel free to check the updated version, and provide any suggestion
in the talk page.
If the statement just sounds as a logical, simple, and obvious description
for the purpose of design here, that was the goal. Putting this in writing
has been helpful for designers and people working with us to get into the
same page, and will be useful in the future to achieve the level of support
for design we envision for those areas where we are not there yet.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the process.
--
Pau Giner
Senior User Experience Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
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https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall

[Grace Gellerman]

+1 to Anna's :)

Good job everyone!

Post by Anna Stillwell
:)

Post by Pau Giner
Hi all,
Some months ago we started to define a statement of purpose for design at
Wikimedia. We shared our initial iteration and got useful feedback. Based
on that feedback, we have updated a new version: https://www.mediawiki
.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose
Please, feel free to check the updated version, and provide any
suggestion in the talk page.
If the statement just sounds as a logical, simple, and obvious
description for the purpose of design here, that was the goal. Putting this
in writing has been helpful for designers and people working with us to get
into the same page, and will be useful in the future to achieve the level
of support for design we envision for those areas where we are not there
yet.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the process.
--
Pau Giner
Senior User Experience Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
_______________________________________________
Wmfall mailing list
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall

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"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." - Margaret
Fuller
Anna Stillwell
Director of Culture
Wikimedia Foundation
415.806.1536 <(415)%20806-1536>
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[Wes Moran]

Very happy to see the progress as well as the team work on the statement of
purpose and look forward to the next steps. Thank you also to the guidance
and facilitation by Arthur.

Post by Grace Gellerman
+1 to Anna's :)
Good job everyone!

Post by Anna Stillwell
:)

Post by Pau Giner
Hi all,
Some months ago we started to define a statement of purpose for design
at Wikimedia. We shared our initial iteration and got useful feedback.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose
Please, feel free to check the updated version, and provide any
suggestion in the talk page.
If the statement just sounds as a logical, simple, and obvious
description for the purpose of design here, that was the goal. Putting this
in writing has been helpful for designers and people working with us to get
into the same page, and will be useful in the future to achieve the level
of support for design we envision for those areas where we are not there
yet.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the process.
--
Pau Giner
Senior User Experience Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
_______________________________________________
Wmfall mailing list
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall

--
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." - Margaret
Fuller
Anna Stillwell
Director of Culture
Wikimedia Foundation
415.806.1536 <(415)%20806-1536>
*www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>*
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