Introduction to wireframing

1. Reaching consensus through collaborative wireframing
2. A whistle stop tour of wireframing when you are contending with multiple stakeholders.
3. What should appear on a page?
4. How can you reach a consensus on prioritising content?
6. Setting objectives
7. Why does this page exist?
8. What is its role?
9. How is success measured?
10. What should the user do next?
11. What should users remember if they only glance at the page?
12. User cards
13. As a prospective undergraduate student. I want to look at what courses Strathclyde offers in a particular subject area. So I can decide whether to include Strathclyde in my shortlist of Universities.
14. ★ Focus stakeholders on user needs. ★ Filters irrelevant content. WHY!
15. Cereal box exercise
16. ★ Focus on the content. ★ Forces prioritisation. ★ Prevents the medium dictating content. ★ Avoids preconceptions. WHY!
17. User attention points exercise
19. ★ Forces prioritisation. ★ Emphasis the need for tradeoffs. ★ Encourages consensus building. ★ Prevents you being piggy in the middle. WHY!
20. 6UP exercise
21. ★ Encourages creative exploration. ★ Forces the exploration of lots of ideas. ★ Bring stakeholders back to user needs. ★ Helps clarify which idea is the right idea. WHY!
22. Reporting back