Overview
A design challenge goes through several phases amid its lifecycle. In each of these phases, namely, scoping, launching, reviews and finalization, there are essential activities that help satisfying the competitors platform and customer experience.
With this goal in mind, there are mechanisms to help achieve such activities. We put together a series of checklists related to each phase of the challenge that copilots must guarantee fulfilled during its execution.
We are using a Trello board for assuring the up-to-date delivery of these checklists. It works for challenges, F2F and private tasks.
Set Up
Create an account in trello.com (if you don’t already have one).
Request access to the Trello board to the Challenge Ops Design team
Workflow
Each column from the board represents a phase of the design competition.
📝REQUIREMENTS/SPEC: you have been recently assigned to a project or are gathering the requirements to create the spec.
🚀LAUNCH: the challenge has been launched.
🔍CHECKPOINT: the client is reviewing the checkpoint submissions. The card should be moved to the final round once the feedback has been published.
🔍FINAL ROUND: the client is reviewing the final submissions. The card should be moved to final fixes or delivered depending on the outcome of the final review.
🏁FINAL FIXES: the designer is performing final fixes.
📦DELIVERED: the client has accepted the design outcome.
Given the time a deadline is fulfilled, you must manually move the card to the corresponding phase.
Tick items from the checklist accordingly to their execution during each phase.
Adding a new project
Cards represent projects.
Create a new card on the specific phase. Assuming the project is new, it should be the REQUIREMENTS/SPEC column.
Use the “Create From Template” button on the bottom right corner of the column.
Replace the name with your project.
Keep ticked the “Checklists” toggle.
Add the estimate start date, checkpoint and final respectively.
Assign yourself to the card: Add to Card > Members.
Create a new card from the template:
Replace name, keep the checklists ticked.
Fill the required information.
Assign yourself and move accordingly.
All Checklists
In case you need to see all the checklists, here’s a quick access:
Feedback
Please share your valuable feedback with us regarding the updates needed for the boards, such as new items for the checklists, fields or any other suggestion.
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