Discovery → Handoff
Journey maps tied to tasks
Every stage in the journey links to open work, research artifacts, and ship status — not a static diagram in a separate tab.
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One workspace for the whole design arc
Research notes, journey maps, sprint boards, and handoff packets stay linked — so when someone asks “why did we ship this?” the answer is already documented.
- Avg. tools replaced
- 4.2
- Handoff prep time
- −38%
- Research recall
- 91%
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Sprint 14 · Week 3
Onboarding redesign
Open tasks
18
In review
4
Research links
11
Ship target
Mar 28
Phase progress
Discovery100%
Research73%
Design41%
Handoff12%
Recent activity
Heuristic eval added to Research Hub
11m ago
Journey map v3 linked to sprint board
2h ago
Handoff packet shared with eng
Yesterday
Illustrative workspace — not a separate tool stack
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The fragmentation tax
Your process is spread across six tabs and zero shared context
Notion for notes. Miro for maps. Figma for UI. Slack for decisions that never get written down. Every handoff starts from scratch — and the “why” disappears on day two.
- 01Research lives in a doc nobody opens after kickoff
- 02Journey maps drift from what actually ships
- 03Handoff links show pixels, not decisions
Teams report 6.4 tools per project on average
Research
Planning
Mapping
Design
Feedback
Handoff
None of these share lineage — research never reaches handoff
Capabilities
Four surfaces. One thread of context.
ProductBrainBox is structured around deliverables designers already produce — not another generic “workspace.”
Explore
11 artifact types
Research Hub
Interviews, heuristic evals, and competitor notes in one searchable layer. Find the quote that justified a decision in seconds.
Kanban + timeline
Sprint board for designers
Statuses, phases, and assignees that match how design teams run work — not an engineering backlog wearing a coat of paint.
Shareable packets
Handoff with rationale
One link bundles specs, tokens, journey context, and written rationale. Engineering gets the story, not just the pixels.
Research Hub
Qualitative work that stays findable
Competitor matrices, interview transcripts, and heuristic evals attach to journey stages — not a folder named “Final_v7_really_final.”
- Transcripts linked to journey touchpoints
- Heuristic scores with screenshot evidence
- Competitor notes tagged by pattern, not filename
nordic-bank-onboarding / research
Research Hub
Helios CRM
Friction auditOnboarding wizard hides pricing until step 4
Northstar
HeuristicEmpty-state copy assumes enterprise buyer
Relay Desk
CompetitorMobile nav drops secondary actions
Plainform
HeuristicSettings buried 3 levels deep
Board
A kanban layer that speaks design, not story points
Tasks inherit journey context and research links. Priorities reflect design phases — not engineering severity labels pasted on top.
Sprint 14 · nordic-bank-onboarding
See full boardBacklog12
NB-41
Map error states for KYC drop-off
Research link
NB-42
Typography audit vs. brand guidelines
Design system
In progress3
NB-38
Prototype account verification flow
62% complete
In review2
NB-35
Handoff: onboarding empty states
3 comments
Workflow
Idea to handoff in four deliberate moves
No magic autopilot — just a structure that matches how senior designers already think, with the links between steps built in.
- 01
Scope the project
Define phases, milestones, and deliverables. ProductBrainBox structures the arc before you open a design file.
Phases · Estimates · Deliverable checklist
- 02
Collect research in one hub
Competitor teardowns, interview notes, and heuristic evals live together — tagged, searchable, linkable to journey stages.
Interviews · Heuristics · Competitor matrix
- 03
Run the sprint on a design-native board
Tasks carry research links and journey context. When priorities shift, the board and map stay in sync.
Board · Timeline · Blockers
- 04
Hand off the full story
Generate a packet with specs, rationale, and references — one URL for engineering, one audit trail for stakeholders.
Rationale · Tokens · Share link
Early access
From teams already running projects inside
“We stopped re-explaining research in every crit. The journey map and board share the same thread — that alone cut our prep time by a third.”
Elowen Marchetti
Lead product designer, freight marketplace
“Handoff packets finally include the rationale, not just redlines. Engineering stopped pinging us for context we already wrote down once.”
Tomás Okonkwo
Staff designer, health tech
“I run three client projects at once. One board, one research hub, one link per deliverable — clients stopped asking which Notion doc was current.”
Priya Halvorsen
Independent product designer
Pricing
Pay when the workflow sticks
Start on Studio. Upgrade when your team outgrows the tab shuffle — not before you have proof it works.
Studio
For solo designers proving the workflow
Free
- —1 active project
- —Research hub (basic)
- —Board + timeline
- —Community support
Team
Most teamsFor in-house product design teams
$24/editor / mo
- —Unlimited projects
- —Full research hub
- —Handoff packets + share links
- —Timeline + schedule views
- —Priority support
Org
For multi-brand design orgs
Custom
- —Everything in Team
- —Client-facing portals
- —Audit logs + SSO
- —Dedicated onboarding
Early access
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