fffunction workshop

Today the last fffunction workshop was about information architecture, sketching, prototyping and user testing. 

We used the same hypothetical user profiles we created last week to create a structure for our website. For this we planned a website which would work for them considering all the potentials, failures and options. We then expanded it after to think about other users and what might drive them in their decision making when they work across the site. This got us really thinking as we had to create labels, push buttons and tagging. 

This was all done through simple sketches and the group I was working in really thought about how it would translate across different devices and platforms. This is really important when you are working on the content and how it will work across multiple devices with different people, each with different needs.

This then led to a prototype sketch with a model iPhone to mock up what we had produced in the small timeframe. 

Every site needs focus grouping or user testing and this was no difference. We used students who were not in the group to user test the site for us, this enabled us to check and see if we had considered each choice and we presented each task differently to each user. To aid us we also asked the user if they could think out loud when they were deciding on their choices.

The whole workshop led by fffunction was incredibly valuable and I would like to thank Adam and Dan for coming down each Friday. I am interested in keeping in touch to join in with their 'hack days' as this sounds very interesting and positive.