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Learn 6 tricks you can take home to get participation without politics: 1-KJ Sessions 2-Nav Bar Survivor 3-Design Consequences 4-Mood Boards 5-Posterframes 6-Digital Paper Prototyping
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Web Design Without PoliticsWeb Design Without Politics
Goals for Today
Make the last hour of Eduweb count.
Learn tricks for getting the best input from stakeholders.
Have fun.
PHOTO BY ROB
6 Techniques for Collaboration1.KJ Sessions
2.Nav Bar Survivor
3.Posterframes
4.Mood Boards
5.Design Consequences
6.Digital Paper Prototyping
Who should participate?Core team
Key stakeholders
especially anyone who has the ability to derail the process
Representatives of key communities & audiences
Workgroups of 4-5
distribute core team members among these workgroups
6-7 for KJ sessions
KJ MethodTechnique for gaining rapid group consensus
Inventor Jiro Kawakita
Can be used for strategic planning, problem solving, brainstorming and yes, information architecture
KJ Method1.Gather 4-6 people for ~1 hour
2.Start with focus question
3.Put opinions (or data) onto Sticky Notes
one answer per note
use a fat-tipped marker
4.Put Sticky Notes on the wall
5.Group similar items (without talking)
6.Discuss & Name the groups
7.Vote on priorities
Using KJ for Information ArchitectureStart by identifying and prioritizing your audiences.
Find participants who represent your users.
OR who know their needs well. (less ideal)
KJ: Focus Question for InformationArchitecture
What would someone come to your web site to FINDFIND or DODO?
FINDFIND – looking for certain information, answering a question
DODO – accomplish some task, use some sort of application
Finding holes
VT FINANCIAL AID KJ EXAMPLEVT FINANCIAL AID KJ EXAMPLE
Let’s Try It
Choose a siteYour athletics site
Your continuing education site
Doing a KJMake a list of your key audiences (together)
Answer individually - What would someone come to your web site to FINDFIND or DODO?
FINDFIND – looking for certain information, answering a question
DODO – accomplish some task, use some sort of application
Nav Bar Survivor1. Imagine you’ve already clicked
deeper into the site from the home page.
2. Nominate links that should always be available no matter where you are on the site. Put them on stickies on the wall.
3. Consolidate any that are closely related.
4. Everyone votes on their top 5.
5. Top 7 are your main navigation, plus “Home”
6. Others can be second-tier or footer navigation.
NAV BAR SURVIVORNAV BAR SURVIVOR
Posterframes1. Place posters on the walls
representing your main landing pages.
2. Work from KJ session or other data to place essential content and navigation onto each poster.
3. Experiment with different groupings and arrangements.
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imperial college london – collaborative wireframing
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HOME PAGE WIREFRAMEIMPERIAL COLLEGE HOME PAGE WIREFRAME
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON – FINAL DESIGNIMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON – FINAL DESIGN
Mood BoardsGather magazines, your own publications – anything
Teams of 4-5 make collage posters representing ideas, messages and qualities of the brand that they want the site to express.
Teams present their Mood Boards to the group
MOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNIMOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNI
MOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNIMOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNI
MOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNIMOODBOARDS AT TUFTS ALUMNI
Design Consequences1. Take 7 minutes to sketch out a
screen.
2. After 7 minutes, pass your screen to the person on your left.
3. Now pick something on that screen and sketch the screen you see after you click.
Digital Paper Prototyping
Same advantages of paper prototype
Can be easier to prepare and run a usability test
Easier for team to observe
Digital Paper Prototyping1.Create wireframes in your favorite graphics program.
2.Project on the wall or share through a screen sharing application.
3.User points to the wall or moves the mouse on the screen and says “click.”
4.Person acting as computer changes the screen, passes control back to the user.
Read moreKJ Sessions
http://www.newcityexperience.com/general/unlock-the-wisdom-of-your-group-–-host-a-kj-session-for-site-architecture/
http://www.uie.com/articles/kj_technique/
Mood Boards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_board
Design Consequences
http://www.disambiguity.com/design-consequences-a-fun-workshop-technique-for-brainstorming-consensus-building/
Digital Paper Prototyping
http://www.newcityexperience.com/general/usability-testing-hack-digital-paper-prototyping/
