UX STRATEGY & DISCOVERY SPECIALIST
Complex products need structure before they need screens.
I help product teams and digital agencies define what they're building before design starts.
THE PROBLEM
When everyone sees the product differently, the design pays for it.
Good discovery produces outputs. But outputs aren't the same as shared understanding. The sitemap gets built. The prototypes get created. And somewhere along the way, everyone realizes they had a different picture of the product in their head.
You might recognize it as:
→ The design is done but the client says "that's not what we meant"
→ Developers keep surfacing requirements nobody discussed
→ The team keeps having the same alignment conversation, over and over
→ Nobody can clearly explain what the product actually is
WHAT I DO
Structured workshops. A shared model. Everyone on the same page.
I run structured workshops that give your whole team, including your client, a shared model of the product before design starts.
Using a method called Object-Oriented UX, or OOUX, we map out the core pieces of your product together. The objects people care about, how they connect, and what users need to do with them.
The result is something everyone in the room helped build and can point to. That changes the whole dynamic.
→ Clients feel heard and can see their thinking reflected back
→ Designers build from a foundation instead of assumptions
→ Developers understand the domain from day one
→ Your team builds from a foundation, not from assumptions
HOW IT WORKS
What working together looks like
I adapt to your existing process, adding the structural layer that makes everything else faster.
1
We start with what you already have
Research, stakeholder input, existing products, or just a vision. Whatever the team is working from, we start there.
2
I facilitate structured workshops
Your team and your client in the same room. We map the product's core objects together in real time, in sessions that run alongside your existing discovery activities.
3
You walk away with a shared object model
A clear, visual picture of the product that everyone helped build. Your design team builds from it. Your developers understand the domain through it. Your client recognizes themselves in it.
“If you have a complex system or project that needs clarity, vision, and creativity, Allie is your person.”
Kaci Kai
Senior Director of Communications
Education non-profit
WHO THIS IS FOR
Two ways to work together.
DIGITAL PRODUCT AGENCIES
Your discovery.
My structural layer.
You already run a solid discovery process. I come in alongside your team to add the piece that turns research and stakeholder input into a clear product model. Your clients recognize themselves in it. Your team moves into design and build with a clear foundation.
IN-HOUSE PRODUCT TEAMS
Get aligned before design begins.
If you're starting something complex and the team has a lot of input but no shared picture of what you're building yet, this is where I come in. A structured workshop gets everyone looking at the same model before anyone opens a design tool.
I work best on products where the system has real complexity. Multiple user types, interconnected data, objects that behave differently depending on context. If your project is closer to a marketing site than a web application, we're probably not the right fit.
WORK IN THE WILD
Every project is different. The result is the same.
MOBILE APP
15+ stakeholders aligned on a shared model in three days, before a single wireframe was drawn.
ENTERPRISE TOOL
A system no one could explain became something everyone could see and work from.
Let's talk about your next complex project.
Whether you're an agency looking for a discovery specialist or a product team trying to get aligned before design starts, I'd love to hear what you're working on.
We'll figure out if it's the right fit. No pressure.