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Define & DesignDD-13
Design onboarding to first value
Optimise for the first useful outcome rather than completion of setup or a tour of every feature.
Product statusAssisted workflowTeklens designs the path and revises it from evidence; the walkthrough with representative users is done by people.
Input3 required inputsCustomer job evidence for the segment · Necessary setup and value-delivering capabilities · Initiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance
SkillsDesign a path to first value · Prepare task context · Review an artifact against agreed criteriaDesigner + Product Designer Agent
OutcomeOnboarding design: the first-value moment, essential tasks and deferred setup, task-level guidance and validation findings.Artifact: Onboarding design
Owner
Designer
Human-led
Participants · Agents
Product ManagerProduct MarketingEngineerProduct Designer Agent
Trigger
One customer segment and its first-use experience are in focus.
Required context
Customer evidenceCustomer job evidence for the segmentCodeNecessary setup and value-delivering capabilitiesProduct BrainInitiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance
Optional context
Design systemCurrent onboarding flowFilesWalkthrough observations
Skills
Design a path to first valuePrepare task contextReview an artifact against agreed criteria
Suggested conversation arc
- 1Define the first-value momentDescribe the user outcome proving usefulness and distinguish it from account creation, setup completion or viewing a tutorial.Skills: Prepare task context
- 2Design the shortest useful pathIdentify essential prerequisites, remove avoidable setup and propose helpful defaults or templates. Explain credible intermediate value when setup cannot be avoided.Skills: Design a path to first value
- 3Observe the end-to-end experienceWalk through the flow with representative users; capture confusion, transitions and whether first value is reached without coaching.
- 4Agree the revised onboardingUse evidence to revise steps and guidance, preserve unanswered questions and confirm which changes require another user round.Skills: Design a path to first value · Review an artifact against agreed criteria
Output
Onboarding design: the first-value moment, essential tasks and deferred setup, task-level guidance and validation findings.
Artifacts
Creates: Onboarding design
What good looks like
- The flow targets an actual user outcome and the essential tasks only.
- Proposed capability and observed validation are clearly separated.
- No claimed user testing and no promised unsupported defaults.
Quality gate
The Designer and the Product Manager confirm the revised flow and which changes need another round.
Destination
ConfluenceJira
Usually next
People and agents work from the same Product Brain. The owner stays accountable. Assigned agents prepare and check. A named person approves at the gate.
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