14.4 Conclusion

Our design work is now complete. The design has been driven by our understanding of the business priorities and user needs. Design decisions have been refined and validated based on user input. Our prompts have been crafted to flow well and communicate clearly, based on sample dialogs and a clear definition of a persona.

We are now ready to shift our primary focus to implementation. As discussed in Chapter 3, the project phases often overlap to some degree. On this project, we began both audio production and backend integration early, while design was still ongoing.

The next part of the book discusses development, testing, and tuning. We describe the entire process, with emphasis on those tasks that the VUI designer often has primary responsibility for.