It was the second time for me working as the only visual designer in collaboration with an outsourced development team. I was able to have more space and flexibilities to explore design options and user interactions, but I also needed to mock up every single screen for development. Although it was a lot of work, I practiced designing user flows that are usually ignored when an external application is embedded, such as the Patient Portal. I've gained a holistic view of a mobile website in terms of end-to-end experience.
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This was also a good experience when directly communicating with Engineers and PM. With PM, I spent quite amount of time discussing and reviewing both visual and interaction designs. I learned how to effectively convey my rationale and justify the design during the discussions back-and-forth, and I also realized that efficient and open internal communications would motivate the teammates and drive the entire project towards a better direction.