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Folder Structure in the remote era.
Welcome back; this article is part of the series called DaS™ — Naming convention.
The previous article explored the history and mental models behind sorting information in digital space. This article will discuss how our research impacted folder structures for remote product teams. One place, one location, and one language contribute to better transparency across the team and the business.
The Structure
The structure below, in essence, represents the mental model of the product team. Instead of being biassed and having 27+ different folders describing brief, org-chart, or god knows what, we have surveyed 1k+ people about what folder structure they use while delivering the product or service. [001↗]
With hundreds of answers from the different business functions, we’ve settled on a product design structure that any designer can adopt from day one.
Company Name
The same (or similar) as the file structure in the previous article, I tend to create the following mental pattern where the “The Company Name” becomes “TCN” (for the purpose of this article). The TCN becomes an…