Many paths to the top of the (mobile) mountain - Skiff Warmup
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The Skiff, 13 th July 2009 Many paths to the top of the mountain Exploring constraints in iterative design mobile ^
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Slides from the dry run of our session "Many paths to the top of the (mobile) mountain", to be run at Agile2009 in Chicago.
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The Skiff, 13th July 2009
Many paths to the top of the mountainExploring constraints in iterative design
mobile
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Monday 13th July 2009Many paths to the top of the mountainmobile
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Change gets faster
Monday 13th July 2009Many paths to the top of the mountainmobile
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Mobile means variety
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To design for devices before they exist,
to accommodate variances in form factor,
and to launch products across cultures or geographies.
For an intimate medium, hard to theorise about, and
caught between the worlds of telco and internet.
Why take a different approach?
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screen size processor slow input connectivity
Mobile offers some unique constraints
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Iteration 1:
1. Design a product, for one persona & one device (15 minutes)
2. Usability test our prototypes (5 minutes)
3. Demo to team (10 minutes)
Iteration 2:
1. Revisit our designs (15 minutes)
2. Demo to team (10 minutes)
Your mission
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Jeremy, 34 y.o. civil engineer
Married, 2 children
Technically aware but utilitarian mobilist
Extremely busy, manages a 10-man engineering team
Works from small office, on-site, frequent traveller
Dyslexic, uses email a little but prefers face-to-face
Target persona
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privacy?How tokeep up to date?
how to
Visualise?
Your goal
“As a hardy mountaineer, I want my phone to helpme enjoy the great outdoors and share the experiencewith my friends and family”
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Go!
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User testing
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Demo & questions
Some constraints
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Rinse & repeat
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Ask each group to write up what they’ve learned on a giant post-it, then present.
What have we learned?
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