[Sigia-l] [Iai-Members] Screencasting clickable wireframes

[Peter Van Dijck]

A follow-up on the screencasts of wireframes: the client loved them and is
now asking for more, in order to socialize the concepts of this user
experience within the company. So the screencasts will be shared further.
Good stuff!

Cheers,
Peter

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Joel Tachau <jtachau at mfg.com> wrote:

> I had a similar reaction after taking wireframes from Visio into Flash,
> then linking things up and then trying to complete a few tasks while
> interacting with the prototype in IE or Firefox. We used the interactive
> prototype for a usability test and recorded the screen activity in Morae.
> Not only did this help the project team see issues that were not evident in
> the static wreframes, it allowed us to record the users' mouse movements and
> reactions so that we could share with stakeholders. I originally just took a
> PDF of the wireframes, cropped the pages (annotations, page titles, etc...)
> and added links in Acrobat Professional. This was effective and fast for a
> quick team review but not scalable for a usability test. With an
> intermediate level knowledge of Flash I was able to create a more realistic
> prototype more easily. It does take time to do this, but is reusable (can
> drop in new pages from Visio) since I am working in-house on a long-term
> project. Even just for my own and project team review, it was a worthwhile
> exercise, but it did take time.
>
> Joel Tachau
> Director of User Experience
> MFG.com
> Skype: mfgjoel
>
> Sent from my Windows Mobile® phone.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Peter Van Dijck <petervandijck at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:13 AM
> To: iai-members at iainstitute.org <iai-members at iainstitute.org>; SIGIA-L <
> sigia-l at asis.org>
> Subject: Re: [Iai-Members] Screencasting clickable wireframes
>
> I found someone else doing the same thing here:
> http://www.contrast.ie/blog/the-power-of-the-screencast/
>
> Peter
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Peter Van Dijck <petervandijck at gmail.com
> <mailto:petervandijck at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hey all,
> I'm working on a large project in a remote team, so yesterday I tried a new
> technique: I made a clickable wireframe, and then walked through it in a
> screencast, clicking around as a user, at certain points explaining design
> decisions etc... Then I shared the screencast with my colleagues. I made 2
> screencasts, 1 was 4 minutes, 1 was 1 minute long.
>
> Interesting about this experience:
>
>  *   3 times I did the screencast, and then realized places where I could
> improve the wireframes so I redid them. So it's a great feedback mechanism
> for yourself.
>  *   My remote colleagues seem to love it so far. I hope it can increase
> communication & shared understanding in the team.
>  *   I found a really good workflow (will post about it later) so doing the
> screencasts takes about no time whatsoever.
>
> Thoughts? Has anyone else used this method?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
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