Tag Archives: collaboration

Wireframing & Prototyping Tools: Balsamiq & Friends

By Georgia Otto | Published: 11.12.2009
For last month’s meeting of the NHUPA, a number of people did short presentations and demos of a variety of wireframing and prototyping tools. I presented Balsamiq, a low-fidelity wireframing tool best used for capturing ideas quickly, keeping people focused on concepts/layout or for teaching new user experience designers about wireframing. I figured someone might find it [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 4: Maintain

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.17.2009
Make sure you never leave your participants hanging after an important meeting. Part 4 of this series will help you maintain a long term relationship with your participants. Part 1 of this series gave an overview of the purpose behind collaborative design sessions and how to prepare to conduct your own. In Part 2, we showed you how to [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 3: Facilitate

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.10.2009
Clients and users need guidance when contributing their design ideas. Part 3 of this series will prepare you for the challenges inherent in facilitating collaborative meetings. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we explained how to prepare in advance for collaborative design sessions and how to begin your meetings with a solid focus [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 2: Inform

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.4.2009
Getting the most out of your users requires that you take the initiative. In Part 2 of this series, you’ll learn how to begin your design session in a goal-oriented manner. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the benefits of collaboration with users and clients at various stages throughout the design process. We also provided [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 1: Prepare

By Georgia Otto | Published: 07.27.2009
Read “Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 1: Prepare” on Webitect.net » Perhaps someone noticed I haven’t been posting at my normal rate. Or perhaps no one cares. For anyone who actually noticed the lapse, I appreciate your patience and support. The fact is, I’ve been working on my first paid blogging job! I’ll be [...]
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NHUPA – Design Slam!

By Georgia Otto | Published: 04.21.2009
Last month’s NHUPA meeting had an interesting format, the “Design Slam” workshop. The basic idea was that a non-profit organization presented goals and needs for a new website (to be designed from scratch, not a redesign). Then we all split into groups to plan and design a specific aspect of the site. We determined our [...]
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