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Design Critique Checklist

Sections and prompts for Design Critique Checklist.

Straight answer: Design Critique Checklist — a field note from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not another framework essay.

Who this is for

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Build checklist we actually use

Ignore the buzzwords. For Design Critique Checklist, the hard constraint is usually data ownership or ops capacity — not how many features fit on a roadmap slide.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Ignore the buzzwords. For Design Critique Checklist, the hard constraint is usually data ownership or ops capacity — not how many features fit on a roadmap slide.

How we measure rollout

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.

Updated Jul 9, 2026

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Hubs that connect every page — services, industries, proof, and process — so you can move across the site without dead ends.

Ready to ship something that compounds?

Share your roadmap. We’ll come back with scope options, timeline ranges, and who from Shriram IT Ventures should be in the room.

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