Storytelling as a Design Tool
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Short Introduction on how to use film-like stories as a User Centered Design Method check out this Storycard Method (used Scrivener in this example) if you're interested in this topic --> http://www.guerillagirl.de/tools/2011-02/writing-user-scenarios-with-scrivener :)
Storytelling as a Design Tool
- 1. Storytelling as a Design Tool
- 2. Stefanie Kegel UX / Interaction Designer www.guerillagirl.de twitter: @guerillagirl_ Hi!
- 4. We all like Stories
- 5. Storys are easy to remember
- 6. Storys will lead to the ,Backlog‘ of your Product
- 7. Interactive Products are narrative
- 8. Storyboard-like Wireframing & Task Flows de?ning the Specs & Functions Image Credit: ,Storyboards‘ by Chris Campbell / Flickr: http://www.?ickr.com/photos/cgc/
- 9. hm, wouldn‘t it be cool if there is a possibility to.... *IDEA* Storyboard-like Wireframing & Task Flows de?ning the Specs & Functions and will help you on ideation!
- 10. Getting Started
- 11. ?rst point is.... Get the big Picture
- 12. second point is.... Avoid to say “The User“
- 13. A User represents always one single Person within a speci?c Usergroup
- 14. third point is.... It‘s all about Goals & Needs!
- 15. Example: A Webapp to do a weekly food plan Remember: Who actually is your cutomer/user - you will tell their story!
- 16. Lena is trying to___________________________________________ , but ____________________________________________.
- 17. make a weekly food plan Lena is trying to___________________________________________ , but she has to consider the food allergy of her kids! ____________________________________________.
- 18. Goal make a weekly food plan Lena is trying to___________________________________________ , but she has to consider the food allergy of her kids! ____________________________________________. Problem
- 19. Have fun when sketching! Solution 1 Solution 2 Goal & Problem & Solution Descriptions Benefits for our User? additional: User Status? (angry, happy, excited...) Solution 3 Solution 4 Source: http://www.konigi.com/tools/graph-paper
- 20. Stories help people to create a shared understanding of Needs & Goals
- 21. Stories help people to create a shared understanding of Needs & Goals Stories help us to see a bigger , clearer Picture and make this abstrcat, cluttered thing (the later web app or product) come ?alive“
- 22. Stories help people to create a shared understanding of Needs & Goals Stories help us to see a bigger , clearer Picture and make this abstrcat, cluttered thing (the later web app or product) come ?alive“ Stories are a great tool to generate more and useful Ideas even within yr team
- 23. Stories help people to create a shared understanding of Needs & Goals Stories help us to see a bigger , clearer Picture and make this abstract, cluttered thing (the later web app or product) come ?alive“ Stories are a great tool to generate more and useful Ideas even within yr team Stories help us to communicate and sell design solutions to clients
- 24. It hurts less to kill some paper sheets rather than the code of a ready-to-go application
- 25. Thank you!
- 26. Recommended Reads: Storytelling for User Experience The Inmates are running the asylum by Whitney Quesenbery & Kevin Brooks / Rosenfeld Media by Alan Cooper