6. our schedule:
8.30am: we start
about collaboration, why itโs good, collaboration basics & brainstorming activity
10am-ish: coffee break. yay!
war stories and examples, consensus activity, Q&A
11.30am: we end
7. introductions
- your name
- what you do
- where youโre from
- three tags
8. me
- leisa reichelt
- freelance user experience consultant
- Australian, living in London
- sleepless, sun, opensource
disambiguity.com
leisa@disambiguity.com
9. and you?
- your name
- what you do
- where youโre from
- three tags
12. Collaboration is a recursive process
where two or more people or
organizations work together toward
an intersection of common goals...by
sharing knowledge, learning and
building consensus (Wikipedia)
13. Collaboration is NOT inviting a bunch
of different people to a meeting at the
beginning of a project
15. why collaborate?
โข team building & morale
โข communication
โข cross disciplinary skills
โข cross disciplinary insight
โข more heads/eyes/perspectives
โข team & stakeholder buy in
โข fun!
18. . turn โstakeholdersโ or a โcustomersโ into a
collaborative partners
. build collaboration into your project
methodology - collaborate regularly with your
project team
. collaborate with your peers (people who do
the same thing as you) invite other expert
perspectives
. consider wildcard collaborators from outside
your field, think tangentally (what other kind
of person might have a useful perspective?
20. when to collaborate?
โข at the beginning of a project
โข not JUST at the beginning!
โข when youโre stuck (trouble shooting/
problem solving) - narrow focus
โข when youโre looking for inspiration -
broad focus
โข regularly!
21. collaboration tools?
โข people (the right ones!)
โข sticky notes & marker pens
โข whiteboards/flip charts
โข fun stuff (stimulus)
โข sugar (if itโs the afternoon)
โข an objective
โข techniques!!
22. first.
lets get this room
collaboration - ready
25. why brainstorm?
โข team building & morale
โข communication
โข cross disciplinary skills
โข cross disciplinary insight
โข more heads/eyes/perspectives
โข team & stakeholder buy in
โข fun!
26. making brainstorming work
โข the right people
โข the right preparation
โข โthe rulesโ
โข the tools
โข the environment
28. the (usual) brainstorming rules
โข whatโs the problem/question
โข appoint a facilitator & a scribe
โข listen more than you talk
โข listen for your own ideas
โข add value to others ideas
โข suspend judgement
โข have fun....
29. one very important
brainstorming rule
NO QUESTIONS.
none. no exceptions.
30. another very important
brainstorming rule
ideas must start with the words:
โi wish....โ or โhow to....โ
33. sticky note basics
โข one idea per sticky note
โข a sticky note must be able to โstand aloneโ
โข use colours coding and other coding for โtraceabilityโ
โข make sure your sticky notes photograph well by:
โข choosing the right marker for your sticky note
โข writing in capital letters
35. the brief
your client is a pizza restaurant chain
who wants to develop an iPhone
application that will help either grow
their sales or reduce their costs.
as a team, brainstorm ideas to meet
their brief that you might develop
into a product pitch to them.
(note: any excellent ideas are all
yours to keep, but feel free to give me
5% of profits. That would be nice! )
36. brainstorming rules
โข whatโs the problem/question
โข appoint a facilitator & a scribe
โข listen more than you talk
โข listen for your own ideas
โข add value to others ideas
โข suspend judgement
โข NO QUESTIONS
โข โI wish...โ or โHow to...โ
โข have fun....
46. the method
1. determine the focus question
2. get โopinionsโ / โideasโ etc. onto stickies
3. affinity sort into groups
4. name groups
5. vote on group importance
(three votes)
6. rank groups (two by two)
51. the brief
take your ideas from the brainstorm
(for the pizza restaurant). You need to
decide what to pitch to your client.
Affinity sort your ideas to consolidate
into a concept, then vote and rank
using the KJ Method for Consensus to
decide which are the top concepts to
develop.
52. the method
1. determine the focus question
2. get โopinionsโ / โideasโ etc. onto stickies
3. affinity sort into groups
โข
4. name groups
5. vote on group importance
(three votes)
6. rank groups (two by two)