A walkthrough of the design process at Atlassian, and how we spread design best practices and understanding of our users throughout the organization.

1. KAREN CROSS • DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN • @KARENMCROSS
UX at Atlassian
PLAY, AS A TEAM

2. Atlassian
“Unleash the potential in every team to change the world
through the power of software”

3. The Agile Manifesto
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan

4. User Centered Design
Photoshop
VALIDATE DESIGN
RESEARCH

5. R&D team

6. Play, as a team

8. PLAYBOOK

9. Atlassian Design Playbook
Atlassian
Design
Playbook
Fundamental UX design exercises key to a
successful design team.
Example

10. Integration & Co-location
Image Source: Brendon Slater

11. Move forward

12. Atlassian Design Guidelines
https://developer.atlassian.com/design/latest/

13. Quality Control: Design Sparring

14. Balance

15. Balance
• Too much process vs. too little
• Speed vs. Quality
• Challenge vs. Acceptance
• Risk vs. Caution

16. !
Thank you!
KAREN CROSS • DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN • @KARENMCROSS