orchestration

# UX Orchestration

Orchestration skill for comprehensive UX work spanning research, architecture, interaction, visual design, and strategy.

## When to Use

- Starting a new UX project that spans multiple competencies
- Unsure which specialized UX skill to invoke
- Need to coordinate work across UX disciplines
- Planning UX team workflow or handoffs

## When NOT to Use

- Task is clearly within one competency (use sub-skill directly)
- Pure implementation work (coding, deployment)
- Non-design tasks

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## Sub-Skills

| Skill | Invoke When | Key Deliverables |
|-------|-------------|------------------|
| **research** | Understanding users, testing designs | Personas, journey maps, usability reports |
| **architecture** | Organizing content, navigation | Sitemaps, taxonomies, navigation specs |
| **interaction** | Designing flows, behaviors | Wireframes, prototypes, user flows |
| **visual** | Creating UI, design systems | Components, style guides, design tokens |
| **strategy** | Aligning UX with business | Roadmaps, metrics, maturity assessments |

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## Quick Decision Guide

```
What do you need to do?
|
+---> Understand users or test designs?
|     +---> Use: research
|
+---> Organize content or navigation?
|     +---> Use: architecture
|
+---> Design flows or prototypes?
|     +---> Use: interaction
|
+---> Create visual UI or design system?
|     +---> Use: visual
|
+---> Align UX with business goals?
|     +---> Use: strategy
|
+---> Multiple areas or unsure?
      +---> Continue reading this skill
```

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## The UX Process (Double Diamond)

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    subgraph Discover["Discover"]
        D1[Research Users]
        D2[Understand Context]
        D3[Identify Problems]
    end

    subgraph Define["Define"]
        Df1[Synthesize Insights]
        Df2[Define Problems]
        Df3[Set Strategy]
    end

    subgraph Develop["Develop"]
        Dv1[Ideate Solutions]
        Dv2[Create Prototypes]
        Dv3[Test & Iterate]
    end

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