OCT 27

Oct 28

Written By Marc O'Brien

Class Links

Secrets of Innovation

Relevant links

tomchi.com

Homework

- Bring one piece of news that resonates with you into class 👉

- Start engaging on Slack (share, comment: 3x/week)

- Refine your prototypes. Clean them up enough to make them presentable to test participants.

- Start to piece together both your storyboard and your prototypes into one document to use for testing. Remember, use this doc to set up time & space for test participants.

- Regarding messages in your prototypes: Really think about who your personas are, what makes them them, how do they feel, what are their fears/challenges, desires/goals. Your messaging should resonate with them.

- Start searching for test participants. Ideally 3–4 people by next TH. If you think you can find your intended audience based on your personas yourself, start scheduling interviews for next week. If you need help finding your personas, consider making a “help wanted ad”. Examples here and here. Share your doc with me, other faculty, your network, etc.

- Share your style guide drafts in your Slack channel. Start to narrow them down so by next week, we can upgrade our prototypes into mid-/hi-fidelity prototypes.

- Be sure to contact your Solution Space Partners to share your project for feedback. Set up a call ASAP. If you need to take a call during class, that’s fine.