Design-Integration Self Assessment

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1. A) Roughly, how many people (e.g. employees and contractors) are at your company?* This field is required.

Approximate Total Employees

How how many are engineers?

How many are designers?

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Percent Engineers

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Org Eng. Score

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Percent Design

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Org. Des. Score

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Org1 Score

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1. B) Who does the most senior design lead report to?* This field is required.(e.g., our design lead reports to the C-Level, etc.)

Manager

Director

Vice President

Senior Vice President

C-Level Executive

Unsure/Other

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Org Mgnt. 1

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1. C) What part of the organization do designers report into?* This field is required.

A function other than design (e.g. marketing, product management)

Design leadership

A dual reporting function including design leadership and another function

Unsure

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Org. Mgnt. 2

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1. D) Which of the following types of metrics are managed within the organization?* This field is required.(Select all that apply)

Organizational KPIs

Product design/dev KPIs

Usability KPIs

Product/site analytics

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Org Mgnt. 3

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2. A) Which of the following best describes your chief executive's level of engagement with design?* This field is required.

Hostile

Unaware

Aware

Interested

Participating

Committed

Leading

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Lead 1

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2. B) Has your organization defined a set of "design actions" and demonstrated a commitment to design?* This field is required.e.g. Add an executive board member with a responsibility for design, user experience, or both. - or - Tie management bonuses to design quality or customer satisfaction metrics.

No

Design actions are discussed but not taken

Only certain design actions have been taken

Most design actions are taken

All design actions are taken

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Lead 2

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2. C) Does the company embed design metrics into C-suite decision-making? * This field is required.

No

Yes

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Lead 3

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3. A) Are designers employed on projects as individuals or as part of multi-disciplinary design teams?* This field is required.(e.g., UI design and interaction design)

Individuals - expertise covers many aspects of UX needs

Paired - individuals with deeper expertise in one or two areas with shared coverage for all aspects of UX

Multi-disciplinary - pod or team; each individual with deep level of expertise in one UX discipline with shared coverage for all aspects of UX

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DOps 1

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3. B) Which of the following describes your company's approach to design standards?* This field is required.

Ad hoc

Partially documented

Documented and stored

Documented, stored, and occasionally referenced

Documented, stored, actively referenced, and managed

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3. C) Which of the following best describes your organization's model for design resources?* This field is required.

Staff augmentation

Niche group

Centralized

Embedded in non-design team

Design partnership

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4. A) What are the design knowledge management processes that exist across your company?* This field is required.(Select all that apply)

Informal collaboration

Formal collaboration

Uncurated repositories

Curated repositories

Managed knowledge systems

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Comms1

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4. B) What communication routines and methods are used to support design interactions within the group and across departments?* This field is required.(Select all that apply)

Ad hoc

Chat/email

Scheduled touchpoints

Design system

Knowledge system

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Comms2

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4. C) Does your organization have a common language used across all departments?* This field is required.

Common language inside the design team

Common language between design and engineering

Common language across all departments

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Infra 1

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5. B) How often are design assets reused for new initiatives?* This field is required.

Once in a while or not at all - less than 20%

Occasionally - 20%-39%

Sometimes - 40%-59%

Often 60%-79%

Most of the time - more than 80%

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5. C) How would you characterize your organization's design infrastructure?* This field is required.

Ad Hoc - design tools are determined by individual need

Limited - use case-based alignment and integration of tools

Developing - design operational processes defined, multiple integrations span workstreams and disciplines

Centralize - federated design processes/IT standardizing operational initiatives, some automation

Optimized - blueprint for automation and integration in place, proactive focus on optimization and strategic business contribution

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Organizational Score

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Leadership Score

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DesignOps Score

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Communication Score

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Infrastructure Score

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Total Score

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Culture Score

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Integration Score

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Investment Score

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Manage Score

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Metrics Score

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Your overall design integration score is {totalScore} out of 5.0

Click next to view a breakdown of your scores by Domain (areas of your organization) and by Pillar (leading indicators of design-integration).

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Domain ScoresThe maturity of design at a given organization is influenced heavily by these domain areas:

Score (out of 5)

STRUCTURE: Reporting and organizing structures to support design integration

LEADERSHIP: Culture and alignment in the organization to take design action

DESIGN OPS: Codification of people, processes, and systems to deliver design

COMMUNICATION: Driving understanding, collaboration, and knowledge management

INFRASTRUCTURE: Integration of systems, tools, process, and assets for design

STRUCTURE: Reporting and organizing structures to support design integration

LEADERSHIP: Culture and alignment in the organization to take design action

DESIGN OPS: Codification of people, processes, and systems to deliver design

COMMUNICATION: Driving understanding, collaboration, and knowledge management

INFRASTRUCTURE: Integration of systems, tools, process, and assets for design

Score (out of 5)

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Design integration domain assessments

Assessment

Structure

Leadership

Design Ops

Communication

Infrastructure

Structure

Leadership

Design Ops

Communication

Infrastructure

Assessment

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Pillar Scores (leading indicators of maturity)The design integration assessment also provides strength scores against a set of maturity pillars.

Score (out of 5)

CULTURE: Human-centered culture designed and executed through common terms

INTEGRATION: Coordinated information, systems, processes, and tools

INVESTMENT: Resource allocation dedicated to achieving agility of design at scale

MANAGE: Management of leadership, organization actions, and operations for design

METRICS: Defined and managed design metrics across the organization

CULTURE: Human-centered culture designed and executed through common terms

INTEGRATION: Coordinated information, systems, processes, and tools

INVESTMENT: Resource allocation dedicated to achieving agility of design at scale

MANAGE: Management of leadership, organization actions, and operations for design

METRICS: Defined and managed design metrics across the organization

Score (out of 5)

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Design integration pillar assessments

Assessment

Culture

Integration

Investment

Manage

Metrics

Culture

Integration

Investment

Manage

Metrics

Assessment

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example@example.com

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Structure Strong

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Structure Improving

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Structure Weak

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Leadership Strong

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Leadership Improving

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Leadership Weak

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Communication Strong

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Communication Improving

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Communication Weak

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DesignOps Strong

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DesignOps Improving

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DesignOps Weak

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Infrastructure Strong

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Infrastructure Improving

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Infrastructure Weak

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Culture Strong

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Culture Improving

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Culture Weak

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Integration Strong

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Integration Improving

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Integration Weak

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Investment Strong

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Investment Improving

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Investment Weak

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Manage Strong

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Manage Improving

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Manage Weak

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Metrics Strong

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Metrics Improving

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Metrics Weak

Your overall design integration score is {totalScore} out of 5.0

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