The 5 Guidelines For Functional Design

Dear automotive professionals, designers, and product managers

Many fail, learn, repeat (FLR) cycles took me until I could experience essential design guides, which I start to trust! See five of them now.

1. Call for speed!

Every great application quickly drops, once it’s getting slow. Focus on fast response and design tools for high performance from day one.

2. UI

Visualization is essential, especially for web-based applications. Less is more! Keep the surface clean and build flowing and intuitive functions.

3. Core Idea

Set the primary product goal and stick to that. Planning tools are for planning; time-clock is for time-clocking, etc. Don’t try to please everyone by adding extra stuff. Instead, focus on the core idea that makes your product great.

4. KISS

Don’t waste energy and product potential to cover all possible business scenarios. Instead focus on use cases, which add the most business value. Limit “IF’s” and Keep it Simple and Stupid!

5. Framework

Don’t replicate something that already exists. Use it! Develop frameworks round your products to handle similar requirements. AND, don’t forget: too much flexibility confuses users!

Don’t hesitate to give me your viewpoint. Many thanks!