[Sigia-l] We could just use whiteboards instead.

[Peter Picone]

Yes, I know it depends on the phase of the project, time and budget
constraints, and how high-tech you want to be, but for the quick and dirty,
requirements drive-out, low fidelity prototyping tool, the white board (or
its newer digital cousins) and a small, properly configured team are hard to
beat.... now if that doesn't stir the tool debate a bit....  so, as long as
you are not trying to make a tool do something it was never meant for, give
me a white board or a very simple diagramming tool (what Visio was
originally designed for, way back when).

I have been trying to stay out of this one, but I still think it all comes
down to what you are trying to accomplish with a tool and who/what/where/
and why you are trying to communicate it to.  Different tool for different
purposes.  Sometimes you just need something fast to crank out something
conceptual....  Visio may not be the ultimate IA tool, but used for what it
was originally intended, it really isn't as bad as it is being made to
sound, and probably runs a close second to many digital white boards for
many purposes.


Peter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> Stewart Dean
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:55 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] We could just use whiteboards instead.
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> I'm personally just learning freehand as it does have some great
> advantages
> as David pointed out. As a contractor I will no doubt be using
> Visio again
> in the future - but that I'll have to live with.
>
> I was just going back over the tools I use for site maps and wireframes
> when it struck me on a couple of projects I used a white board in a 'war
> room' in order to track the changes on a project. I took pictures of it
> using a digital camera and hand copied it out into some program or other
> (think it was flash) but, in essence, the version on the white board was
> the deliverable. Good for intense projects. I built the wireframes using
> Dreamweaver but let's not go there for now.
>
> Have others done white board based projects?
>
> Stewart Dean
> User Experience Thingie
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