Section 2
A Beginner’s Guide To User Journey Mapping
This article describes what a user journey is, its function, and its basic components.
Functional Specification Documents: your complete guide (with instructor annotations!)
This article talks about spec sheets (or Functional Specification Documents) using language that’s very specific to digital products and services, but spec sheets are just as relevant in the non-digital world. It includes a lot of information that will likely be valuable to you in your professional lives; however because it outlines a process that doesn’t exactly align with our project flow I felt it was important to highlight the things we’re doing differently. I’ve also indicated several sections to skip over entirely. If you do read these sections, keep in mind that they don’t relate to your project in this class. NB: Download from Google Drive link, not the link in the attribution.
Prototyping for Designers – ch. 2: Why We Prototype
This chapter discusses the purpose and affordances of prototyping. Keep these in consideration as you build your own prototypes.
The Skeptic’s Guide To Low-Fidelity Prototyping
This article advocates for and describes the merits of low-fidelity prototyping. The author shares tips and ideas your group may want to consider using in your project.
Sources
Babich, N. (2020, April 22). A Beginner’s Guide To User Journey Mapping. Medium. https://uxplanet.org/a-beginners-guide-to-user-journey-mapping-bd914f4c517c.
Downs, J. (2020, August 19). Functional Specification Documents: your complete guide. Justinmind. https://www.justinmind.com/blog/functional-specification-documentation-quick-guide-to-making-your-own/.
McElroy, K. (2017). Prototyping for designers: developing the best digital and physical products. index-of. O’Reilly Media, Inc. http://index-of.es/Varios-2/Prototyping%20for%20Designers.pdf.
Busche, L. (2014, October 6). The Skeptic’s Guide To Low-Fidelity Prototyping. Smashing Magazine. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/the-skeptics-guide-to-low-fidelity-prototyping/.