Master the Design Process

Are you tired of dealing with difficult stakeholders and endless design iterations? Are you ready to produce designs that provide real business value?

If so, this workshop is for you. Led by experienced web designer Paul Boag, this workshop will teach you a robust process that will successfully take your design project from initial briefing to final delivery and beyond.

You'll learn invaluable techniques for gathering the right kind of information to create a quality design and for engaging stakeholders while maintaining control over the final design. You'll also learn how to handle stakeholder feedback and ensure your design survives post-launch.

By the end of the workshop, you'll feel more prepared going into a project, achieve design approval without endless iteration, confidently present designs and handle feedback from difficult stakeholders, and produce designs that deliver results for clients.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain a new confidence in your design direction and process.

This workshop covers the following topics:

Preparing for a Design Project: Learn how to gather the right kind of information to create a quality design and techniques to ensure design approval is easier.
Producing Initial Design Concepts: Explore techniques for engaging stakeholders while maintaining control over the final design and a design process that ensures the final result meets business needs.
Dealing with Design Presentation and Feedback: Learn how to handle stakeholder feedback and how testing can help maintain control over a design once stakeholders get involved.
Ensuring Your Design Survives: Explore how you can avoid design changes by working alongside developers, using design systems and controlling what changes content creators can make.

Attendees will learn:

How to create a clear and concise brief that defines the project and its audiences.
Techniques for gathering information that will allow you to create quality designs.
Strategies to make design approval easier.
How to engage stakeholders while maintaining control over the final design.
Techniques for handling stakeholder feedback and difficult clients.
Strategies for producing designs that deliver results for clients.

Meet your tutor

Meet Paul Boag, a seasoned website designer with over 25 years of experience. He has refined his design process to deliver results that have earned him the trust of reputable organizations like

Paul is not just any designer, he is one who knows what it takes to leave stakeholders happy. He is not necessarily the best designer in the world, but his designs are effective because they are not undermined by stakeholders. This approach has allowed him to build a successful design business with an impressive client base.

With Paul's expertise, you can master the design process and learn how to deliver effective results to your stakeholders.

What's inside

Learning objectives

How to create a clear and concise brief that defines the project and its audiences.
Techniques for gathering information that will allow you to create quality designs.
How to engage stakeholders while maintaining control over the final design.

Techniques for handling stakeholder feedback and difficult clients.
Strategies for producing designs that deliver results for clients.

How to create a clear and concise brief that defines the project and its audiences.
Techniques for gathering information that will allow you to create quality designs.
How to engage stakeholders while maintaining control over the final design.
Techniques for handling stakeholder feedback and difficult clients.
Strategies for producing designs that deliver results for clients.