At the beginning of a UX research and design project a Stakeholder Interview should be conducted to find out the Business Goals, Existing Research including User Research, Competitors and Technological Limitations.
Interviews
Stakeholder Interview — UX Knowledge Base Sketches
Knowledge
How to Improve Your Design Team’s Productivity — The Startup
The power titles used to come with are slowly fading away in the modern business world. There is also a trend right now where companies and individuals create their own titles to hype their brands in marketing channels.
Leadership, Craft
Competence Mapping Instead of Design Titles
Knowledge
Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto
The following manifesto represents my answer to the question - "As a UX or UI, designer, how do I know when and where to implement motion to support usability?"
Microinteractions
Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto