Designers speaking about success: Success via completion of design and/or "live release":

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All designers universally celebrated contributions that went "live" in a "finished" way such as websites being accessed by the public/people outside of the project. “I know that the design has been accepted when they say "they look great"?? and asked for the files.” is how one designer described completion success.

However, most designers were unsure when something would go live if they were unable to control the process and actually publish the work themselves. “Not sure which designs will be implemented when, since we're not using product management strategies”

Designers also expressed frustration around design that, in their opinion, was ready to go live but instead was held up by rounds of approval or at worst, by developers or maintainers requesting design changes. “The logo was already done, it was not so good in my opinion, but it was usable, then some people started to think too much about it to change. It is not good because we are a little bit late with the materials and social media content”