What are your biggest remote workflow challenges with existing tools?
I’d love to hear about the biggest challenges you face at work! No matter the industry, we all deal with online tools. What frustrates you most about team communication, task management, or project tracking? What wastes your time and drains your energy?
I'll share some real challenges I’ve faced in my workflow as a designer in a small IT agency team and how they led us to create our own tool(:
A day in my designer life used to look like (before Dun - our tool) picture this:
Morning starts with my boss having a client meeting on Google Meet
He sets a task for me in Shortcut (which we also shared with the client)
I get an email notification because Shortcut has no iOS app (I also have a lot of spam there)
If I have questions, I message my boss in Slack
Clients leave feedback… sometimes in Shortcut threads, sometimes in Slack DMs
5.1 Some feedback also lands in Figma comments
If I need to show my boss what clients want, I end up screenshotting messages from different apps
When my part is done, I send designs to the developer in Slack to check if he has questions
Then either my boss or I set up a task in Shortcut and remind the developer about it in Slack
...And that’s not even the full cycle
Too many tools, too many places where info gets lost..
Constant switching, checking, and copy-pasting messages..
Wasted time and mental energy trying to keep track of everything..
It felt like I was spending more time managing tasks than actually designing. Files, designs, discussions, tasks everything is in different apps😵💫🤯
Of course, big companies have entire teams optimizing processes. But when you’re in a small team, everyone wears multiple hats, and things get messy real fast. That's why I want to know what challenges your team conquers every day. ♡
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