Enhance your project management skills

Mastering project management is crucial for designers moving into leadership roles. You'll need to manage everything from the big picture to the fine details across various stages of a project, including multiple releases, user categories, early concepts, prototypes, and client presentations.

Begin integrating project management into your workflow by:

• Tracking work to monitor present and future tasks, understanding how they contribute to project objectives
• Prioritizing tasks to manage workload effectively, focusing on tasks that have the most significant impact with the available resources
• Gathering feedback at the right moment from the right people is crucial to make informed decisions and reduce the need to redo work

Even if you're not in a leadership position yet, using tools like Figma for design collaboration and Trello or Asana for project oversight can significantly improve how you manage and contribute to projects. These tools enable better collaboration, task delegation, and progress tracking.