Design reviews — approval status and feedback captured before the call disconnects.
Design reviews produce decisions that affect weeks of work. BoardSnap makes sure every approval, conditional approval, and required change is captured — not reconstructed from memory.
Why designers love this workflow
Design reviews have higher stakes than design critiques — they produce approval decisions, conditional approvals, and explicit change requests. Those decisions need to be documented accurately. A misremembered 'conditional on fixing the contrast' that becomes 'approved' can mean shipping a non-compliant design.
BoardSnap captures design review decisions with precision. Snap the review board and get a section-by-section status: approved components, conditional approvals with their conditions, required changes with owners. The design team has a clear record of what's been approved and what needs work — no ambiguity, no misremembering.
The exact flow
- Set up the review status board
Sections: Approved, Conditional (with conditions listed), Requires Revision, Open Questions. This structure creates a clear decision record.
- Work through each design component
For each component or screen reviewed, write it in the appropriate section. For conditional approvals, write the condition explicitly next to the item.
- Write required changes with specific detail
Not 'fix the header' — 'increase header contrast to WCAG AA, test at 16px minimum.' Specific change requests are actionable change requests.
- Assign owners for required changes
Write the designer's name next to each required change. Ownership assigned in the review room prevents 'I thought you were doing that.'
- Snap and send the review record
The BoardSnap summary is the design review record. Share with the design team, engineering, and any stakeholders who need to know the approval status.
What you'll get out of it
- Approval decisions documented precisely — approved vs. conditional vs. needs revision
- Conditions for conditional approvals written explicitly — no interpretation required
- Required changes specific and owner-attributed
- Review record shareable with engineering immediately after the session
- Design review history per project for compliance and audit trail
Frequently asked
Can the BoardSnap design review summary serve as a formal sign-off record?
For informal team sign-offs, yes. For formal legal or compliance sign-offs, the BoardSnap summary provides the content — you'd format it in your official approval document template.
What if stakeholders in the design review have conflicting feedback?
Write both positions on the board with the stakeholder's name. Mark it as 'unresolved.' BoardSnap captures the disagreement, and you know exactly who to go back to for resolution.
How does BoardSnap help track which changes have been addressed after the review?
Use the tri-state action items in the BoardSnap summary — open, in-progress, done — to track each required change from the review through to completion.
Designers: try this on your next design review.
Three taps. Action items in your hand before the room clears.