Workshop #3: Sketching Collaboratively by Praneet Koppula

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Transcript of Workshop #3: Sketching Collaboratively by Praneet Koppula

Currently…UX Manager

Previously…User Researcher, Ethnographer, UX Consultant, Service Designer, Product Designer, Customer Experience Specialist @HFI, GrameenPhone, Samsung, Stanford, Startups…

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Introductions

Expectations

Agenda

Exercise 1 Sketching Break10:45am – 11:00am

Exercise 2 Wrap up

Exercise 1

Exercise 1

Each one gets a sheet

When I say start…Fill up as many circles as possible in a minute

Exercise 1

Each one gets a sheet

When I say start…Fill up as many circles as possible in a minute

Exercise 1

When I say share…

Pass your sheet to the person sitting on the right

You get a minute again to see and fill more circles

Exercise 1

We will continue until a full circle is completed

Exercise 1

• Each one gets a sheet• When I say start…• Fill up as many circles as possible in a minute• When I say share…• Give your sheet to the person sitting on the right to you• Continue to fill circles• ……….

• Until a full circle is complete

Exercise 1 : Discussion

• How did it go?

• Did you draw outside the circle?

• Did anyone use more than one circle to form objects?

• Did anyone label their objects?

• How did your ideas evolve over each round?

Exercise 1 : Discussion

• How did it go?

• Did you draw outside the circle?

• Did anyone use more than one circle to form objects?

• Did anyone label their objects?

• How did your ideas evolve over each round?

Exercise 1 : Discussion

• How did it go?

• Did you draw outside the circle?

• Did anyone use more than one circle to form objects?

• Did anyone label their objects?

• How did your ideas evolve over each round?

Exercise 1 : Discussion

• How did it go?

• Did you draw outside the circle?

• Did anyone use more than one circle to form objects?

• Did anyone label their objects?

• How did your ideas evolve over each round?

Exercise 1 : Discussion

• How did it go?

• Did you draw outside the circle?

• Did anyone use more than one circle to form objects?

• Did anyone label their objects?

• How did your ideas evolve over each round?

Early sketch of an idea that became…

Twitter

March 2006

June 2006

And now…

Twitter

March 2006

“[This sketch] has very special significance – it's hanging in the office somewhere with one other page. Whenever I'm thinking about something, I really like to take out the yellow notepad and get it down.”

– Jack Dorsey, Twitter & Square

Why Sketch?

• Enable communication

• Make abstract concepts concrete

• Iterate on ideas

• Ensure recollection

• Humanize ideas

• Jumpstart collaboration

Why Sketch?

• Enable communication

• Make abstract concepts concrete

• Iterate on ideas

• Ensure recollection

• Humanize ideas

• Jumpstart collaboration

Sketching, else where

“We sit around, stand around those tables and we draw. We still draw. … We would draw and we would make lots of models.” - Jonathan Ive

Sketching isn’t

• Difficult

• Drawing

• Only for designers

Sketching, else where

“There are techniques and processes whereby we can put experience front and centre in design. My belief is that the basis for doing so lies in extending the traditional practice of sketching.” -Bill Buxton

Attribute of a Sketch

• Quick

• Disposable

• Plentiful

• Minimal details

• Appropriate degree of refinement

• Suggest & explore rather than confirm

Sketching: Basic Shapes

Sketching Techniques : Combine the basic shapes

Sketching Techniques: Line Thickness

Increasing the weight of the lines to give emphasis to parts of the design.

Sketching Techniques: Size

Draw attention to parts of your sketch by drawing elements with varying size.

Sketching Techniques: Shading

Shading an area can draw attention away from it. De-emphasize part of the sketch.

Sketching Techniques: Selective Detail

To save time, just fill in details for the important bits. Shows what’s important.

Sketching Techniques: Isolation

Only sketch certain areas leaving the rest fuzzy.

Sketching Techniques: Depth

Use shading to add depth and perspective to make clickable widgets

Sketching Techniques: Notes

Don’t hesitate to mix text with your sketches to explain what’s going on

Collaborative Sketching…

• Rooted in Design Studio Methodology

• Grew out of industrial design and architecture

• Jim Ungar, Jeff White, Will Evans, Todd Zaki Warfel, manyothers…

Why Collaborative Sketching workshop…

• Communicate ideas effectivity

• Capture assumptions

• Bring out differences in ideas/thoughts/vision

• Move faster

• Generate more ideas, refine faster

• Diversity of experience and expertise

Process

• Setup and ice breaker exercise

• Sketch

• Share

• Iterate on sketches and share for a complete circle

• Vote to Prioritize• Discuss and add notes

Repeat one more round of Sketch (Optional)

Process : Setup and Ice breaker

• Set agenda/purpose

• Bring use cases/user stories/insights/personas/usability test results

• You are defining the problem, not giving solutions• What is the purpose? In scope/out of scope• What features are necessary? In what priority?• Who is the audience?

• Team doing sketching for the first time?• Ice Breaker Exercise

Process : Sketch

• Sketch silently• Limit the time – 5/15 mins• Sketch as much as possible, as many different ideas as

possible• Don’t worry about mistakes or straight lines• Emphasis on quantity over quality

Process : Share

• Give your sketches to the person sitting next to you

• Review the sketches silently…• Do you see something interesting?

Process : Iterate Sketches

• Start sketching again• Maybe you have a new idea• Maybe you want to build up on an idea• Maybe there is something that can be done better

• Repeat sketching and sharing until one full round

Process: Vote to prioritize

• Put up all the sketches on a wall/pin board

• Let everyone review the sketches silently

• Vote : dot voting, limit votes

Process: Discuss and add notes

• Start discussing trends• Is there a clear winner?• Are there multiple directions/different solutions?

• Are there ideas that did not get voted up but have potential?

• Add notes to the sketches using post-its

Exercise time again…

You all work for accuweather.com

You are going to generate ideas/concepts on defining a social experience on the Accuweather mobile app

A mobile app for - Local weather - Alerts- Forecast

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

In teams, sketch your ideas for accuweather app

1. Setup, talk about who the users are, what kind of features belong here (10 mins)2. Sketch your ideas silently (10 mins)3. Share 4. Sketch again (5 mins).. Go full circle 5. Put up the sketches for everyone to see (5 mins)6. Vote (10 mins)7. Discuss and add notes (15 mins)8. Sketch once more, incorporating what you just learnt (10 mins)

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 1: Setup 10 minutes

You are defining the problem, not giving solutions• What is the purpose? In scope/out of scope• What features are necessary? In what priority?• Who is the audience?

• Goal: Define your use case/scenario

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 2: Sketch 10 minutes

• Solution mode• Sketch silently• Sketch as much as possible, as many different ideas as possible• Don’t worry about mistakes or straight lines• Emphasis on quantity over quality

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 3: Share 2 minutes

• Give your sketches to the person sitting next to you

• Review the sketches silently…• Do you see something interesting?

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 4: Sketch 5 minutes

• Solution mode• Sketch silently• Build on top of ideas you saw

vs new ideas with new inspiration

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 5: Share 2 minutes

• Give your sketches to the person sitting next to you

• Review the sketches silently…• Do you see something interesting?

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 6: Sketch 5 minutes

• Solution mode• Sketch silently• Build on top of ideas you saw

vs new ideas with new inspiration

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 7: Share 2 minutes

• Give your sketches to the person sitting next to you

• Review the sketches silently…• Do you see something interesting?

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 8: Sketch 5 minutes

• Solution mode• Sketch silently• Build on top of ideas you saw

vs new ideas with new inspiration

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 9: Put up the sketches 5 minutes

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 10: Dot voting 10 minutes

• You are given dot stickers, see all the sketches and place your votes on the top 5 ideas

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 11: Discuss and add notes 15 minutes

• Start discussing trends• Is there a clear winner?• What do you like? • What do you not like?• Are there ideas that can be eliminated?• Are there multiple directions/different solutions?

• Are there ideas that did not get voted up but have potential?

• Add notes to the sketches using post-its

Exercise 2 : Design Social Experiences for a Weather App

Step 12: Sketch again 10 minutes

• Solution mode• Sketch silently• Sketch as much as possible, as many different ideas as possible• Incorporate what you just learnt

Post workshop

• Take pictures of all/prioritised sketches

• Make sure these are available to all the members (wiki/SharePoint/Dropbox…)

• Setup a follow –up meeting to talk next steps

• If there is consensus, wireframe/prototype to move forward

• Usability test with prototypes?

In the trenches

Afraid of sketching

Want to talk about only one idea

Dominating personalities

Anything else?

Variations of the method

Sketch & Pitch

Sketch in groups of 2/3

Sketch in two groups

Sketch on whiteboards

Wrap up!

Plusses

Deltas