sketching for engineering_23oct2014

sketching for engineersmegan williams - @hellomeganw

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Agenda

Warm up: put pencil to paper

Intro: sketching at work

Sketching as a tool: enhance communication

Methods of sketching: practical application

Resources: beyond this session

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Warm up

Get into groups of 4

Sketch!

a place, a thing, a person, and a way to pay

Create a story

Share your story

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Requirements

Design

Build

Q&A

Ship

Waterfall Design Process

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Lean UX Process

Iteration 1 Iteration 2

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Sketching at PayPal

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Why sketch?

Better empathetic connection

1 picture = 1,000 words

Bridges communication with Designers

Establishes mutual understanding

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Sketching as a

communication tool

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Direct

High assertiveness

Low assertiveness

Tells

Asks

Low

expre

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Hig

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ssiv

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Hid

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motions

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pla

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motio

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Spirited

ConsiderateSystematic

COMMUNICATION STYLES MATRIX BY DR. EILEEN RUSSO

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Direct Spirited

ConsiderateSystematic

COMMUNICATION STYLES MATRIX BY DR. EILEEN RUSSO

“let’s get the

job done now”

“let’s talk about

big ideas”

“let’s talk about the

impact to our users”

“let’s do it right

the first time”

empathy drivenfacts driven

idea drivenresults driven

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Collaboration with sketching

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Lean UX Process

Iteration 1 Iteration 2

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Problem statements

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Activity

Get into groups of 2

Sketch!

Take turns drawing an emotion

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http://101fundraising.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/customer-journey.png32

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Common UI elements

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Flows and progress

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Visual note taking

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Paper prototyping

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Mutual learning

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http://appendto.com/2014/03/replacing-common-ui-icons-with-css-2/

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Practice

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thenounproject.com

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Mail Chimp pattern library

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Sketching + Engineers

Dive in with common UI elements

Use containers to organize

Connect with emotions

Use problem statements

Build your toolbox

Practice often!

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thank you.

megan@hellomegan.com

hellomeganw

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Resources

The Sketchnote Handbook - Mike Rohde

The Doodle Revolution - Sunni Brown

Back of the Napkin - Dan Roam

Skillshare.com classes

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