Reaching consensus through
collaborative wireframing
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A whistle stop tour of
wireframing when you are
contending with multiple
stakeholders.
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What should appear on a page?
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How can you reach a
consensus on prioritising
content?
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No content
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Setting objectives
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Why does this page exist?
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What is its role?
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How is success measured?
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What should the user do next?
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What should users remember if
they only glance at the page?
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User cards
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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.
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★ Focus stakeholders on user needs.
★ Filters irrelevant content.
WHY!
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Cereal box exercise
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★ Focus on the content.
★ Forces prioritisation.
★ Prevents the medium dictating content.
★ Avoids preconceptions.
WHY!
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User attention points exercise
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No content
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★ Forces prioritisation.
★ Emphasis the need for tradeoffs.
★ Encourages consensus building.
★ Prevents you being piggy in the middle.
WHY!
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6UP exercise
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★ 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!