Storyboards
A Storyboard is a form of prototype.
- Time:
- 1 Hours
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
- Materials:
- Paper
- Markers
- Participants:
- Design Team
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The HCD Toolkit
and all HCD methods are licensed under:
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Ask team members to partner in teams of two to four. Small teams help everyone to have a role.
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Ask teams to pick one solution from the brainstorming boards. You may want to offer a range of criteria to choose from: two teams working on solutions they’re “most passionate about,” one group on “most feasible” and one on “furthest out” or “long term”.
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Prompt teams to spend no more than 30-45 minutes making their chosen solution tangible, as a storyboard.
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Give each team five minutes to share their idea with the larger group to get initial feedback. Encourage teams to include an enactment of the experience of use. Prompt groups to identify what customer needs their prototype addresses and what key questions they still have.
Value of an idea—For each storyboard, answer these questions to start building the value of the idea:
- Who will benefit from this idea? What is the value to the people who will use it?
- Why and how is this idea better than alternative options?
- How much is this benefit worth to the people who will use it?
- How much would they be willing to pay for this benefit?”
- How might this payment be collected?
Value of a prototype
- Build to think: Prototypes are a powerful form of communication that help you to think in realistic terms about how someone would interact with the concept.
- Rough and rapid: Prototypes are not precious. They should be built as quickly and cheaply as possible.
- Answers to questions: Know what question a prototype is being used to answer, for example about desirability, usefulness, usability, viability or feasibility.
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