My Latest Posts
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Knowledge Transfer in Software Development Discovery
Knowledge transfer in software development hits me the hardest right at the beginning of a project – in that moment when a lead lands on my desk and I try to make sense of a few sentences, a PDF, or a half-remembered conversation from a conference corridor. Before any line of code exists, before any…
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Start in industrial PhD journey
Starting my industrial PhD while running a UX studio, exploring AI-supported knowledge transfer, design discovery and how teams learn across IT projects.
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Why Your Tenders & RFPs Fail: A Design Ops Guide to RFI, RFP, and PRD
Discover the common issues with tenders, RFI, and RFP processes and learn how I think one can fix them. A collection of thoughts on the matter. TL;DR / Executive Summary I’m finally back from the summer break and ready to roll with new posts. I’ve given quite a bit of thought to the direction I…
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Tools We Rely On Daily for Design-Ops Success
An honest breakdown of the 13 tools that power our iterative product-design workflow and the hard-earned lessons that keep our design operations evolving. The Real Talk About Design Ops Tools I’ve tested quite many tools already – around 30, I’d say, or even more. There are a lot of tools out there, but the reason…
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Outsourced UX for Faster Delivery – Studio Founder’s reflections
When I started working in software houses and later created my own effect-driven design studio, I encountered the same issues repeatedly across different software development agencies. There was a lack of understanding of the product creation process, design roles, and most importantly – the critical importance of design operations in the whole picture. What I’ve…
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Research Ops is part of Design Ops!
When I returned to Poland three years ago, I almost took a job with the title Design Researcher. My background in Human-Technology Interaction (HTI) and my experience planning complex user research for ROV truck steering prototypes (slightly touched in my previous post)—work that put me shoulder-to-shoulder with experts at RISE and other leading Swedish labs—made me…
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Design Ops in Practice podcast kick-off
Transcript Hey, I’d like to welcome you to the podcast Design Operations in Practice with Fryderyk Pryjma. I’m planning to talk to founders, CPO, CTOs in regards to the operations of their product, digital products specifically, but perhaps we will chat with some IoT spaces as well. In regards to the design, part of it…
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Let’s Not Forget UX in IoT Products
Two weeks ago, I had the chance to attend Latitude 59 in Tallinn—a startup and tech conference that brings together a fascinating mix of founders, product thinkers, and emerging technologies. While the event covered a wide range of topics, what caught my attention this time was the number of startups working on IoT (Internet of Things) products – connected…
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Designing the Design Process: WooCommerce & PrestaShop
How can we approach design efficiently when working with platforms like WooCommerce or PrestaShop—both known for their affordability and quick-to-launch templates? Recently, I was brought into two projects that didn’t yet have a defined tech stack. After a week of research and comparison—looking into platforms like Shopify, Shopware, PrestaShop, and WooCommerce—we decided on PrestaShop for…
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Design Ops in the Age of AI-Generated Code
Introduction Nowadays, code-generation tools like Lovable, Bolt.new, and Cursor let us build application skeletons much faster than before. My last week’s post and this week’s work with those two startups made me think about the UX process in digital-product development – here are my reflections. Coding is becoming cheaper than original design work, so we have to change the way design…