“ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship People who think well, write well. Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches. - David Ogilvy Monday, April 15, 13
Rework p. 44, 2010 “ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship When you don’t know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious. - Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Monday, April 15, 13
As predicted in her closing plenary at the 2013 IA Summit “ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship In 30 years... Every business is digital. Every business is in the user experience business. - Karen McGrane Monday, April 15, 13
Voice and branding? Check. Qualitative analysis? Check. Asking “Why?” well past the point where everyone else is exhausted? Check. #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Next, A Totally Made-Up but Reasonably Useful Six-Part Framework for Evaluating your Purpose and Combatting Fuzziness Monday, April 15, 13
So what? Why are we doing this? What's the point? Will anyone care? Is this even possible? Isn't someone already doing this? #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship 1. Figure out what you believe (easy, right?). 2. Write it down. 3. Review regularly. Write a manifesto TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Watch for silent dissent. Not vocalizing disagreement is not the same as agreeing. Write a manifesto TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Write it on the wall... Publish it on your website.... Tattoo it on your chest... Make it Visual BEST PRACTICES Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship 1. Make a list of common questions about your thing. 2. Record answers individually. Elevator Pitch Workshop TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship 1. Make a list of common questions about your thing. 2. Record answers individually. 3. Play back to the full group. Elevator Pitch Workshop TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship 1. Make a list of common questions about your thing. 2. Record answers individually. 3. Play back to the full group. 4. Facilitate discussion on themes, concerns. Elevator Pitch Workshop TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
“ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship I’m not Mr. Lebowski. You’re Mr. Lebowski. I’m the Dude. - Jeff Bridges is The Dude The Big Lebowski Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship What IS this thing? What problem are we trying to solve? What type? App? Site? Book? Event? Can we cut this? Do we need this? Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship MoSCoW TECHNIQUE Must Include Should Include (if it’s easy) Could Include (if X wasn’t in our way) Won’t Include (in this version, at least) Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship MoSCoW TECHNIQUE Must Include Should Include (if it’s easy) Could Include (if X wasn’t in our way) Won’t Include (in this version, at least) Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship MoSCoW TECHNIQUE Must Include Should Include (if it’s easy) Could Include (if X wasn’t in our way) Won’t Include (in this version, at least) Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship MoSCoW TECHNIQUE Must Include Should Include (if it’s easy) Could Include (if X wasn’t in our way) Won’t Include (in this version, at least) Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Concept Modeling TECHNIQUE Give the abstract more substance with a structured diagram focused on relationships. Monday, April 15, 13
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“ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Use concept models for yourself. Ultimately, they are the most selfish, introspective, and self- indulgent artifact... - Dan M. Brown Communicating Design, 2nd Edition, p.65 Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship WHO needs WHAT because WHY Problem Statement TECHNIQUE Described by Whitney Hess at MinneWebCon 2012 http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyhess/whats-your-problem- putting-purpose-back-into-your-projects Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship What goes on the homepage? What should the tagline be? Do we need to mention that? Do we have to mention that? What's the most important part? Where do they start? Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Identify conflicting priorities and identify important messages with a cardsorting workshop. Message Architecture TECHNIQUE Monday, April 15, 13
“ #FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship A message architecture is a hierarchy of communication goals... [T]hey’re attributes that appear in order of priority, typically in an outline. From “Content Strategy at Work” by Margot Bloomstein Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship Subjective language (we’re the best!) is weak and often inappropriate. OBJECTIVE LANGUAGE BEST PRACTICES Monday, April 15, 13
#FuzzyConcepts @scottrocketship OBJECTIVE LANGUAGE BEST PRACTICES Tip: you can be objective about subjectivity. (We think we’re the best!) Monday, April 15, 13
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