storyboards - telling the stories of your users visually
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StoryboardsTelling the Story of Your Users Visually
UX Architect
Local leader
…but I also like running, skiing and snowboarding, and cold cocktails on the warm sand
Stefan Ivanov
Storyboards
Context
Interface
• Always do it on paper first
• Illustrate the problem we are trying to solve
• The flow of a task in its relevant context
• Sequence of a few screens with annotations
• Accomplish a task or miserably fail in it
Storyboards
Successful scenario
Failing scenario
Drawing storyboards
• Human that anyone can draw
• Drawing different ages• Adding accessories• Drawing the crowd• Inside or outside• Time of the day• Using colors• Focus through silhouette• Writing the annotations
• Show the big picture first, UI will come next
• Pinpoint frustration and create empathy
• Quick and easy to create for early validation
• Ideas are easier to communicate with stakeholder
• Skeptics always neglect it as means to validate ideas early on
Benefits
Failing scenario
Successful scenario
Hands-on 30 minutes
We want to build a one button personal hardware device for the audience of PowerPoint presentations. The device is synced to the recordings being made and allows each attendee to mark/highlight specific moments from the talk that can be later used as a way to navigate the recording when it gets submitted online. Each person from the audience uses his personal device to highlight his very own special moments during the talk he is attending.Let’s “storyboard” how a user scenario may unfold.
Pick a peer and spend 5 minutes to give him feedback on the storyboard that he has created. Then switch roles and do the same so that in the end you both have your feedback.
Feedback from peers
Let’s “storyboard” how a user scenario may unfold.
10 minutes
10 minutes
At the end of the workshop let two of us share their storyboards with the most important piece of feedback that they got with the rest of the attendees.
Share your storyboard and feedback
Let’s “storyboard” how a user scenario may unfold.
