Visualizing Design Process by Using Lean UX to Improve Interdisciplinary Team's Effectiveness – A Case Study

This is an ongoing project investigating on how to improve interdisciplinary teams to co-work efficiently and effectively. Based on our prior experiment, we found that new formed interdisciplinary teams struggled with poor team communication and coordination which resulting ineffective work progress and may lead to a project failure. In this paper we described such challenges the new formed interdisciplinary teams encountered in an experimental course where undergraduates from design and engineering disciplines collaborate on a project. We then proposed the use of Lean UX methods to visualize their design process so that all members' ideas and the idea exchange process can be "seen". It would help members in the same team getting more familiar with team's pace and well-coordinated with each member and then they may make the most of team effectiveness.