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Seven steps, each with its own artefacts and its own way of being wrong early. The point isn't ceremony — it's reducing the cost of finding out.
Understand the product context and the people using it before proposing anything.
Turn findings into a problem statement the whole team can argue with.
Commit to a direction and build it properly with type, colour, spacing and states.
Make it clickable so the interaction can be judged instead of imagined.
Put it in front of people, watch where they hesitate, and change what fails.
Specs, redlines and a design system engineering can build from without guessing.
Watch the live product with analytics and feedback, then start the loop again.