Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Roland Hill

Roland Hill — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:52:43 GMT

Patrick, I think you are right that there can be an increase in workload with an approach that uses extensive wireframing. On the other hand, it saves you re-work later on and increases the chance that clients will be happy with the end result.

In terms of tools, I suggest people check out www.swipr.com. I had a look at this at the IA Summit and it looks good – it will also be free.

Roland

Roland Hill — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:53:45 GMT

I like the idea and have worked in many workshops that have been Collaborative Sessions under a different name. One thing though is that however good the session, one of the keys to getting good requirements/IA/results is to work iteratively. If you do a “big bang” collaborative session and then still follow a waterfall method, then I cannot see it working.

Tip for the session: have a tool that lets you build a visual model / interaction design quickly. People can generally get that the end product will look different. I have used, and still use, SWIPR with great success (www.swipr.com)

Roland Hill — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:53:45 GMT

I would be interested in knowing why comics worked better than any other medium, how the comics were then traced / linked to the requirements and / or the finished product.

Cheers!