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UIX Récap

Understand, Sketch, Decide

Objective

Section titled “Objective”

Understand user needs, sketch potential solutions, and decide which idea to prototype.

Understand

Section titled “Understand”

Lightning Talks

Section titled “Lightning Talks”
  • Each team member shares their vision of the project, users, and challenges.
  • Goal: establish a shared and clear understanding.
  • Tools: Lightning Talk Template (PDF)

HMW – How Might We

Section titled “HMW – How Might We”
  • Turn opportunities into post-it questions:
    How might we [action] for [user] in order to [desired outcome]?

Affinity Mapping

Section titled “Affinity Mapping”
  • Group similar HMWs into themes.

HMW Voting

Section titled “HMW Voting”
  • Each participant gets 3 dot stickers to vote on key opportunities.
  • Goal: highlight the ideas worth exploring.

Long-Term Goal

Section titled “Long-Term Goal”
  • Each member writes a 2-year success goal.
  • Vote + final decision by the decider.

Lightning Demos

Section titled “Lightning Demos”
  • Review existing solutions on the market.
  • Goal: find inspiration for ideation.

Sketch

Section titled “Sketch”

Sketching Phases

Section titled “Sketching Phases”
  1. Notes: jot down ideas
  2. Rough Sketches: quick sketches
  3. Crazy 8’s: 8 ideas in 8 minutes
  4. Solution Sketch: full user flow with annotations

Crazy 8’s

Section titled “Crazy 8’s”
  • One idea per minute across 8 frames
  • Goal: quantity and creativity over detail

Crazy 8’s Voting

Section titled “Crazy 8’s Voting”
  • Each participant presents their ideas (max 3 min)
  • Group votes using 3 dot stickers to choose top ideas

Solution Sketch

Section titled “Solution Sketch”
  • A complete, detailed sketch of a potential solution
  • Includes layout, navigation, and content
  • Sketches are anonymized for the decision phase

Decide

Section titled “Decide”

Steps

Section titled “Steps”
  1. Art Museum: display all sketches anonymously
  2. Heat Map: unlimited dot voting on interesting parts
  3. Speed Critique: quick 2-min pitch per sketch
  4. Dot Voting: each person votes for 2 favorite solutions
  5. Supervote: the decider uses 3 votes to finalize the choice

Key Takeaways

Section titled “Key Takeaways”
  • Involve the whole team to build a shared vision
  • Draw inspiration and generate a wide range of ideas
  • Use simple voting systems for quick convergence
  • Align as a team, make decisions, and move forward