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

[Stewart Dean]

At 09:45 16/08/2003 -0700, David Heller wrote:
><<That's what digital cameras are for :-) I'm often surprised how much
>detail a snapshot of a wall of whiteboards and misc. paper can
>capture.>>
>
>That only allows for recording ... What about editing?
>
>Like I've been saying ... How do you move to the next piece of the
>workflow?
>
>-- dave

Fair question,

The next step requires the appropriate documents to be created. With the 
white board you can quickly get through to a signed off point if you use a 
war room (a room set aside where everyone can work together and discuss 
things).

I'm a great believer in 'one version of the truth' - and the white board 
can do this. It's far from appropriate for many projects that require 
remote people to view the process but when you have all the team members in 
one place - it really works well. It depends what 'workflow' you are using.

I usually go on to convert the resulting site map into electronic form and 
then go on to create wireframes in flash/dreamweaver/visio and a content 
matrix in excel as well as other supporting documents as required, such as 
user specifications. Having said that whiteboards are also very useful for 
thrashing out wireframes :)

Stewart Dean
Luddite part timer.