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Many paths to the top of the mountain
Exploring constraints in iterative design ^
The Skiff, 13th July 2009

Change gets faster
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Mobile means variety
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Why take a different approach?
To design for devices before they exist,
to accommodate variances in form factor,
and to launch products across cultures or geographies.
For an intimate medium, hard to theorise about, and
caught between the worlds of telco and internet.
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screen size processor slow input connectivity
Mobile offers some unique constraints
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Your mission
Iteration 1:
1. Design a product, for one persona & one device (15 minutes)
2. Usability test our prototypes (5 minutes)
3. Demo to team (10 minutes)
Iteration 2:
1. Revisit our designs (15 minutes)
2. Demo to team (10 minutes)
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Target persona
Jeremy, 34 y.o. civil engineer
Married, 2 children
Technically aware but utilitarian mobilist
Extremely busy, manages a 10-man engineering team
Works from small office, on-site, frequent traveller
Dyslexic, uses email a little but prefers face-to-face
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Your goal
“As a hardy mountaineer, I want my phone to help
me enjoy the great outdoors and share the experience
with my friends and family”
How to
how to keep up privacy?
Visualise? to date?
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Go!
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User testing
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Demo & questions
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Some constraints

Rinse & repeat
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What have we learned?
Ask each group to
write up what they’ve
learned on a giant
post-it, then present.
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Help us make this better.
Many paths to the top of the mountain Monday 13th July 2009
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Thank you.
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www.futureplatforms.com
Tom.Hume@futureplatforms.com