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Figma Plugin: Harris Profile Method

As an industrial designer, I collaborated with a frontend developer and a product owner to adapt the Harris Profile Method into a Figma plugin. This tool simplifies the evaluation of design concepts by prioritizing criteria, enabling more informed and efficient decision-making. By integrating this method into Figma, we’ve created a practical and accessible resource tailored for design professionals.

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Evaluate Your Ideas According to What Matters Most to You

The Harris Profile Method is a powerful tool that enables you to evaluate your ideas and select the most suitable one. This plugin helps designers compare three ideas by scoring them based on prioritized criteria.

A Step-by-Step Guide

Write the titles of the three concepts you want to compare in the title sections above.

 

Determine up to 7 comparison criteria and list them in descending order of importance, from top to bottom.

 

During criterion evaluation, score each criterion separately for all three concepts. Possible scores are -2, -1, +1, +2:

  1. +2 if it greatly meets your requirements

  2. -2 if it doesn't meet them at all

Intermediate scores reflect partial alignment.

 

After scoring all criteria, examine the resulting pattern. The option with the highest green density in the top rows indicates the most suitable concept for you.

 

Changing the priority order of your criteria will alter the scoring pattern. To see which concept is more valuable in different situations, rearrange them with the desired criterion.

 

Use "Clear All Scores" to keep your concept names and criteria fixed while only clearing scores.

 

When ready, click the Insert button to paste the Harris Profile table directly onto your Figma canvas.

The Harris Profile as a Design Thinking Evaluation Method

The method is based on the following sources:

 

  1. HARRIS, John S. The Product Profile Chart: A Graphical Means of Appraising and Selecting New Products, 1961.

  2. ROOZENBURG, Norbert F.M.; EEKELS, Johannes. Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods, Wiley, 1995.

Method Card Toolkit

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Project Duration:

3 Sprint (6 weeks)

Prototyping Tools:

Figma & Openart.ai

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