Migrating to the New Design Stack

Joe and Samantha talk in the office kitchen in Seattle about switching to a new design tool and getting used to auto layout.

Migrating to the New Design Stack

Listen and choose the right answer

What did Joe and Samantha's team use to do on Fridays in the old app?

• Spend half their day exporting PDFs and ZIP archives
• Test new prototyping plugins and auto layout
• Conduct user research interviews with clients from Seattle

How did Joe feel at the beginning of the migration?

• He was an early adopter who loved the new features
• He had a strong resistance to change and complained a lot
• He wanted to increase the license cost immediately

What feature helped Joe change his mind about the new software?

• File conversion
• Auto layout
• Quarterly reviews

What is Joe's role in the team now regarding the software?

• He is the main tool champion and power user
• He is still struggling with the learning curve
• He wants to switch back to the legacy tool

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Samantha: Joe, can you believe we finally completed the ____ to the new software?
• Joe: Honestly, it took forever because we had to ____ and fix every single artboard.
• Samantha: Remember when we used to do everything in that old desktop app and waste hours on ____ ?
• Samantha: And you complained the most during the trial period. You hated to ____ .
• Joe: Well, I had a huge resistance to change and my ____ was stuck in the past.

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