Why Your Redesign Is Doomed Before It Even Starts
Product redesigns are high-risk, expensive, and fail at an astonishing rate. Most teams blame this failure on the wrong things: clashing color palettes, bad code, or the new font. But the #1 reason product redesigns fail is a complete breakdown in stakeholder approvals and requirement documentation. Without a single, visual source of truth and an unbreakable audit-trail for decisions, your redesign is just a collection of conflicting opinions.
The Solution: A successful redesign requires a formal “visual contract” that all stakeholders sign off on before high-fidelity design begins. Claritee is the platform built to create this visual blueprint and auditable approval record.
The “Approval Chaos” That Kills Your Project
Redesigns fail in the “pre-production” phase, long before a developer writes a line of code. The chaos looks like this:
- No “Before” State: You start designing new pages without a clear, universally-agreed-upon map of the old site’s problems and structure.
- Opinions in Every Channel: The CEO sends feedback via Slack, the Head of Marketing leaves comments in a Google Doc, and a key client sends a 10-point email. There is no central hub for these decisions.
- Aesthetics Over Function: You jump into a high-fidelity tool like Figma too early. Stakeholders start arguing about button colors instead of the core function and content requirements of the new page.
By the time you present a “final” design, no one can agree on what was “approved.” This is how projects stall, budgets are decimated, and the redesign is ultimately abandoned or launched as a compromised failure.
How to Guarantee Redesign Success with an Approval Audit-Trail
Claritee solves this problem by forcing a structured, auditable process before the high-cost design work begins. It builds your “visual contract.”
1. Import the “Before” State
First, Claritee can import any existing website or single URL. This instantly turns your current site into a visual sitemap and wireframes. This is your “Version 1.0” blueprint, the starting point everyone agrees on.
2. Plan the “After” State with Lo-Fi Wireframes
Next, you plan the new design using Claritee’s intentionally low-fidelity drag-and-drop wireframes. This is the critical step:
- It forces stakeholders to focus on structure, function, and content requirements.
- It keeps the conversation on “What does this page need to do?” instead of “I don’t like that shade of blue.”
3. Build the Unbreakable Audit-Trail
As you finalize the new wireframes, you use Claritee’s built-in approval stages.
- You get formal, timestamped sign-offs from every stakeholder (e.g., Draft $\rightarrow$ Internal Review $\rightarrow$ CEO Approval).
- Clients and external stakeholders can even approve via a secure, ‘no-login’ share link.
- This creates an immutable record of every decision, all tied directly to the visual element.
This approved, low-fidelity blueprint becomes the Single Source of Truth for the entire project.
From Approved Blueprint to Flawless Launch
Your high-fidelity designers are no longer guessing. Your developers are no longer building on a foundation of assumptions.
- Design with Confidence: Designers can now move into Figma or use Claritee’s AI to create prototypes, knowing the structure is already finalized and approved.
- Develop with Clarity: Developers receive a perfect blueprint, leading to less rework and faster sprints.
- Publish Seamlessly: You can even publish your approved designs directly from Claritee with WordPress and Webflow integrations.
Next Step: Don’t Let Your Next Redesign Be a Battle of Opinions
Control the process, document the approvals, and build your next redesign on a foundation of certainty. Claritee gives you the visual blueprint and the auditable proof you need to succeed.
Ensure your next redesign succeeds. Plan and approve it on claritee.io for free.
