Conserve Code
Storyboard Experiences with Customers First
Joseph O’Sullivan   Rachel Evans
Design Strategist   Principal Research Scientist   Intuit   #ConserveCode
๏   Deep Customer Empathy

        ๏   Go Broad to Go Narrow

        ๏   Rapid Experimentation
            with Customers


DESIGN THINKING
๏   Deep Customer Empathy

        ๏   Go Broad to Go Narrow

        ๏   Rapid Experimentation
            with Customers


DESIGN THINKING
STORYBOARD   A panel or series of panels of rough sketches
             outlining the sequence of events a consumer
             will experience when before during and after
             using our product.
HELLS ANGELS
DISNEY
FASTFOWARD
Service Design                               Agile   McCloud



 Expanded In uence
 Sara	
  Wiliams	
  	
  going-­‐global.com
Web Application
Mobile Application
Customer Care
Human Resources
Community Support



Intuit
CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
Wrong Problem




CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
Wrong Problem




                 Wrong Bene t



CASE STUDY: SNAP TAX
What Precisely
is the Bene t?
It’s a Mirror

Pity Begets Honesty

Narcissus Antidote
It’s a Mirror
You’re telling the customer’s story.

Their problem, the context in which they
will use the solution and how they will
be personally bene t.

The customer can provide more accurate
feedback because they are the center of
the story.
Pity Begets Honesty
Customers tend to react to rough
sketches more honestly than with
 nished click throughs.
Narcissus Antidote
We’ve never seen anyone fall
in love with their storyboard and
not change it. Unlike...
STORYBOARD STRUCTURE




Problem            Solution




          Bene t
STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
Problem




STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
Problem      Solution




STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
Problem      Solution




                       Bene t

STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
Problem


             WHAT CAN YOU LEARN

             Do you understand the
             problem?

             Is it an important problem?




STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
Solution


WHAT CAN YOU LEARN

Does your solution solve
the problem completely?




STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
WHAT CAN YOU LEARN

What is good about your
idea from the customer’s
perspective?

Will it delight them?


                           Bene t


STORYBOARD STRUCTURE
STORYBOARD STRUCTURE




Problem            Solution




          Bene t
YOUR TURN
CREATE A
STORYBOARD
STORYBOARD DEVELOPMENT




Script     Visuals    Learnings
STRUCTURE THE SCRIPT
Sisyphus, Titian                                                      1
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   PROJECT         Consider a project you are working on now or an idea
                   you have been considering.

                   Crowd-sourcing late night designated drivers
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CUSTOMER   Be speci c — Don’t be everything to no one

           21 - 30 Year old, Male, Urban, Smartphone, Tech Savvy
           Likes to drink but is aware of consequences
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CUSTOMER   Be speci c — Don’t be everything to no one

           21 - 30 Year old, Male, Urban, Smartphone, Tech Savvy
           Likes to drink but is aware of consequences
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 PROBLEM              I am trying to:____________ BUT ______________
                      CAREFUL: Don’t insert your solution as the problem

                       “I am trying to get home BUT I can not nd a taxi”
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  SOLUTION                      What are the important moments that need to occur
                                for the solution to execute
                                Text: need a cab :: a driver gets text while driving home ::
                                Con rmation text exchange
STRUCTURE THE SCRIPT
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   BENEFIT                                    What would a customer say is great about your
                                              solution. Do not regurgitate the feature list.
                                              “I didn’t have to ght for a taxi” or “It con rms my belief
                                              that people are good”
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. . . . . . . Customer. . . . . . .Do.you .understand. the .problem?. . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . .Problem . . . . . . .Is .it an. important. problem? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Does .your .solution .solve.the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . Customer. . . . . . .What.is.good. about. your.idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . .Bene. .t. . . . . . . .the. customer’s .perspective?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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   LEARNING                                    Your goal is to gather as much new feedback as possible
LET’S DRAW
BUT, I CAN’T DRAW
1
min
Phone
Phone + Head
PHONE + HEAD + FACE
PHONE + HEAD + FACE + BODY
PHONE + HEAD + FACE + BODY
+ UI
5
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DRAW
4
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