Nora's Tuesday, One Prompt at a Time

Nora, senior product designer at a 30-person health software company

On Tuesday morning, Nora has six interview notes, a booking flow that still feels clumsy, and a request to fix a low contrast button before review. She opens ChatGPT and uses the User Research prompt from the course. She pastes the messy quotes and asks for themes, pain points, and open questions. Twenty minutes later she has a one-page summary for her product manager.

Mid morning, she uses the Design Concept Development prompt to sketch three directions for the scheduling page. The constraints are simple: nurses book one-handed, and many patients use older phones. She asks Claude for trade-offs and picks the direction that keeps the first step short. She sets the order herself: date first, provider second, insurance last.

After lunch, she runs the Accessibility and Inclusive Design prompt before the Thursday review. It flags the gray cancel button and asks for a visible focus ring and clearer labels. She changes the color to a darker shade and writes the reason in the ticket. The small fix takes ten minutes, not a redesign.

Late afternoon, she uses the Prototyping and Wireframing prompt to turn the chosen layout into a clickable flow. The prompt gives her screen text, empty states, and notes for the developer. She adjusts two screens, then closes her laptop at 5:30. She walks to the train while it is still light.