Design Review Preparation
Prepare for design reviews by structuring feedback, anticipating questions, and documenting design decisions.
Prompt
Prepare for a design review of [design/feature].
Design Context:
- What's being reviewed: [describe]
- Review audience: [designers / stakeholders / cross-functional]
- Review goals: [describe]
- Time allocated: [duration]
Provide:
1. Review Structure
- Introduction (context setting)
- Design presentation (key flows/screens)
- Discussion and feedback
- Next steps and action items
2. Presentation Flow
- Opening: Problem and goals
- Design process: How you got here
- Solution: Key design decisions
- Rationale: Why these decisions
- Questions: Areas for feedback
3. Key Design Decisions to Highlight
- Major design choices
- Rationale for each decision
- Alternatives considered
- Trade-offs made
4. Anticipated Questions
- Questions you expect
- How to answer them
- Data/evidence to support answers
- Areas where you need input
5. Feedback Framework
- What feedback you're seeking
- What's already decided
- Open questions
- Decision points
6. Supporting Materials
- Design files to show
- Research data
- User feedback
- Competitive examples
- Prototypes or demos
7. Stakeholder-Specific Prep
- For designers: Design rationale, alternatives
- For PMs: User value, business impact
- For engineers: Technical feasibility, constraints
- For executives: Strategic alignment, ROI
8. Follow-up Plan
- How to capture feedback
- Action items tracking
- Next review (if needed)
- Decision documentation
Format as a review preparation guide with talking points and materials.How to use
- 1Replace [design/feature] and [describe] placeholders with your design details
- 2Describe what's being reviewed: Replace [What's being reviewed] with your design (e.g., "New checkout flow" or "Mobile app onboarding")
- 3Specify review audience: Replace [designers / stakeholders / cross-functional] with your actual audience (e.g., "Designers and PMs" or "Cross-functional team")
- 4Describe review goals: Replace [Review goals] with what you want to achieve (e.g., "Get feedback on navigation flow and validate design decisions")
- 5Specify time: Replace [duration] with review time (e.g., "30 minutes" or "1 hour")
- 6If you have design files: Paste Figma links or design descriptions. Say "Design files: [paste links]"
- 7If you have research data: Paste user research or feedback. Say "User research: [paste research]"
- 8Paste the modified prompt into your preferred AI tool, like ChatGPT or Claude
- 9Review the prep guide: Check presentation flow, anticipated questions, and feedback framework
- 10Prepare materials: Gather the supporting materials (design files, research, prototypes) mentioned in the guide
- 11Practice presentation: Use the presentation flow as speaking notes and rehearse
- 12Use during review: Follow the review structure and use the anticipated questions to prepare answers
Pro Tips
- • Specify audience: Mention "Designers only" vs "Cross-functional team" so AI tailors preparation accordingly
- • Include research context: Mention user research or data so AI can suggest how to present it in the review
- • Request time allocation: Ask "Create 20-minute presentation outline with timing for each section"
- • For stakeholder reviews: Ask "Prepare for executive presentation" for high-level, business-focused prep
- • Save as template: Reuse the review preparation structure for future design reviews
