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The Need for Storytelling in User Experience Design
- The Need for Storytelling in User Experience Design Sarah Doody User Experience Designer + Storyteller www.sarahdoody.com August 24, 2011 @sarahdoody #storytellingUX sarah@sarahdoody.com Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design 1
- Outline Introduction Why we need storytelling The product story Establish Evangelize Execute Evolve Conclusion & QA Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Part II: Why we need storytelling Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Background I’m a user experience designer. And a product strategist. ( but I realized that I’m a storyteller first) Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Perspective PRODUCT / DESIGN TECH MARKETING Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Telephone Game Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Observation Far too often teams focus on execution before defining a product opportunity or value proposition. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Symptoms & Effects Product Team Users • Scope creep • Chasing tasks • Confusing ux • Extended timeline • Burn out • Slow adoption • Over budget • No passion • No adoption • Scope reduction • Frustration • No word of mouth Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- “It doesn’t matter how good your (engineering) team is if they are not given something worthwhile to build.” Marty Cagan Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Root Problem Too many teams focus on the how and what of a product, letting why get left behind. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- A product is more than a website, transaction, or feature list ... Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- A great product should solve a problem or create opportunity that adds value to someone’s life. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Goal of the product story why how what Ensure your product is rooted in solutions or opportunities. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Part II: Developing a product story Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- 1: Establish The 4. Evolve Product 2. Evangelize Story 3. Evaluate Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- There are two possible why’s for your product: Solve a problem or Create an opportunity Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- TripIt: Solving a problem Why? Simplify the Internet travel experience. How? Organize your travel. What? Create master itineraries, plan trips, share, discovery, logistics, mobile apps Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Creating an opportunity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSnIjkcJGIo Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Creating an opportunity Why? Reinvent the running experience. How? Online platform and branded world that integrated physical, virtual, and social. What? Track your runs, power songs, competitions, goals, progress history, friends Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Creating an opportunity Why? Make your financial life easier. How? Putting your financial information in one place. What? Budgets, alerts, investment tracking, categorization. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Example: Lack of story “A real time communication platform” (this is ‘what’ and not ‘why’) Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Example: Lack of story Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- The “how should I use Evernote” project ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kcp9iKqOUg Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- (Letting users tell the story) Why? Remember everything. How? Capture any moment, idea, inspiration, or experience on any device. What? Make the information accessible everywhere, searchable, sharable, etc. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Establishing your product story • Be observant and curious • Question why things are the way they are • Be your customer • Use real life experiences • Write the press release you want after you launch Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- 1: Establish The 4. Evolve Product 2. Evangelize Story 3. Evaluate Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Spread the story PRODUCT / DESIGN Do whatever it takes to make the story spread WHY and stick TECH MARKETING Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Tactical examples • Embrace a culture of storytelling • Always map back to “why” • Contextualize facts and derive meaning • Develop personas • Identify ambassadors Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- 1: Establish The 4. Evolve Product 2. Evangelize Story 3. Evaluate Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- And then you launch ... After you built it, did they come? Did they understand your story? Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Evaluating response • Are you getting users • What are the users saying • What is the press saying • Fall in love with the story of data Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- 1: Establish The 4. Evolve Product 2. Evangelize Story 3. Evaluate Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Don’t be afraid to change your story, many times. Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Part III: Learnings & Resources Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Conclusions Why we need storytelling 1. Cohesive and value based product 2. Dedicated team / maximum impact 3. Engaged users who will spread your story Storytelling in the UX process 1. Establish your story 2. Evangelize with your team and users 3. Evaluate a minimum desirable product 4. Evolve and evaluate the story as users shape it Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design
- Resources Sarah Doody | The Need For Storytelling in User Experience Design