Build · Instrumentarium

Applications and products

The spyglass — software that brings distant work into range.

01 · Why this tool

Why this tool

Web and mobile products, portals and internal tools — UX through to software people will actually run.

Spreadsheets as the product hide cost until the operation breaks.

• Spreadsheets as the product
• Portal that partners will not open
• Features without jobs-to-be-done

02 · The hand

The hand

How the studio uses this instrument.

1. Scope

   Jobs with the people who run them.

2. Slice

   Design and build in shippable cuts.

3. Improve

   Instrument and iterate.

03 · The yield

The yield

A working product or portal, documentation and a backlog you can keep moving.

• Working product
• Docs
• Backlog

In the engagement

• Scoping with the people who run the work
• UX and UI flow design
• Built and shipped in working slices
• Documentation and a backlog to keep moving

04 · Commission

Commission ticket

05 · Impressions

Impressions

Work that used this instrument.

• UVR ONEOne operations platform connecting leads, quotations, field teams and service — the third station after website and booked survey.
• RentimadeMarketplace prototype: browse, rent and lend flows designed and built — awaiting a production domain.
• Zenith Saga StoreA live custom-print store with upload-to-order, and a production toolchain that takes prepared designs through cutouts, keylines and nested PDF sheets ready for the press.

Situations

• Bring the next thing to market
• Make the operation run more smoothly

Other trays in Build

• Websites

06 · Close

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Automation and AI systems

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