Good Design Faster at Design by Fire 2010

De sign by Fire Oc tober 12-13, 2010 Utrecht The Netherlands

The problem

Clients want great experiences, and they want them faster.

t y p ic a l Wireframes (our tools of choice) don’t work for this

An approach inspired by the design studio... http://www.flickr.com/photos/98736785@N00/1589941777/

1. Sketch and explore ideas

2. Bring lots of ideas together

3. Share and iterate with the team

What we’re going to do today 13:00-15:00 15:30-16:00 16:00-17:00 pm Sketch and explore ideas Bring lots of ideas together Share & iterate with the team PEOPLE!

What do you want to accomplish today?

Activity #1: Tele-Pictionary 1 write expression Create a 2 pass to neighbor “Stack of Stickies” 3 read expression (as many sheets as 4 place sheet at bottom there are people at 5 draw expression the table) 6 pass to neighbor 7 check drawing 8 place sheet at bottom (9) repeat

Sketching hacks

Sketching with markers Yellow marker Look at me! Sharpie markers More attention Fat Regular Start here Small Gray marker Depth: Pop forward Push back

Tips for design sketching Use markers and pens, not pencils; our goal is Fast, not perfect If you mess up, keep going If you really mess up, grab a new page

ACTIVITY highlighting Trick #1: ONE: Build-a-Bike Courtesy of Rachel Glaves

ACTIVITY line weight Trick #2: ONE: Courtesy of Brandon Schauer

ACTIVITY shading / warm gray Trick #3: ONE: Courtesy of Rachel Glaves

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #2: Sketching Boxes INSTRUCTIONS 1. Fill a page with overlapping rectangles 2. Hold the page up for the group to see 3. Pass it to your neighbor, then choose one rectangle and color it yellow 4. Pass it to your neighbor, then outline 3-4 rectangles with the fat sharpie 5. One more pass! Shade in 3-4 rectangles with the gray marker ... or add some shadows

It’s not about HOW to sketch, but WHAT to sketch

Exploratory sketches Meaningful only to you Low fidelity Wildly varied Unsubtle

Reﬁnement sketches Interpretable by others Higher fidelity More realistic Within a framework

Tips for sketching screens: helpful patterns Callouts Header Can show alerts, Drop Shadows help, guidance or Communicate depth and sketch annotations bring attention to Tab callouts or popup boxes Filler text Pop-up Calendar Module User Picture Page curl Arrows Photo Larger ones can communicate weight, or act as labels Mouse Cursor Video Quietly indicates a rollover state Side-scrolling Module

Trick #4: 6-Up Template HOW TO: 1. Draw the first things you think of 2. Then, think about opposites 3. Also, think about other goals of the experience

Trick #5: 1-Up Template HOW TO: 1. Use line weight 2. Use shading 3. Use highlights 3. Use labels

Let’s try it out

your personal SHOPPER NUTRITIONIST CHEF FOODIE

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #3a: Exploratory Sketching INSTRUCTIONS 1. Using a 6-up template, sketch 6 new ideas for the same problem. 2. Put your first ideas down. 3. If you get stuck, think about opposites. Or, think about design principles.

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #3b: Reﬁnement Sketching INSTRUCTIONS 1. Pick the most promising ideas from your 6 sketches. (Which one was it?) 2. Using the 1-up template, sketch a higher fidelity version that brings it all together. 3. Go back over your sketch with a sharpie and add line weight, shading, and labels to make it even clearer.

B REAK (pauze)

Enter Sketchboards “A new buzzword for a blatantly obvious technique” —danny.hope

A healthy sketchboard has depth and breadth

STEP ONE: get a large sheet of paper

In this case, size matters

STEP TWO: give it some structure

The structure can change (Trick #6: use stickies to keep it ﬂexible)

STEP THREE: add inputs

Include anything that drives your thinking

STEP FOUR: ﬁll it with sketches!

Trick #7: The incredible drafting dot

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #4: Assemble a Sketchboard INSTRUCTIONS Working as a group, use sticky notes to structure your sketchboard. Tape up your inputs, and any sketches that you’ve done so far in each section.

Share with the team

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #5: Review the Sketchboard INSTRUCTIONS 1. Discuss your sketches as a group. 2. Decide which sketches are the most viable direction (consider your inputs). 3. Do additional sketches as necessary to fill in holes and evolve the design.

Tips for getting good feedback

ACTIVITY ONE: Activity #6: Black Hat session INSTRUCTIONS 1. Working quickly, add a stickie to the sketchboard for every question or concern that you have 2. As a group, talk through the stickies, and decide how to improve the design to address issues raised 3. Resketch as necessary

Bringing it all together

The 5-day sprint

Sketchboards are just a jumping off point Customer Action Front Office Back Office

The 5-day sprint

Tips for iterating sprints

Your “Sprint Kit”

Resources to get you started Peter Boersma peter.boersma@adaptivepath.com Sketchboards: Discover Better + Faster UX Solutions http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000863.php 6-up and 1-up Templates http://www.ugleah.com/ux-team-of-one/ Thanks to Leah Buley Brandon Schauer Rachel Glaves Kate Rutter

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