May 2021
Beginner
295 pages
8h 35m
English
Content preview from 97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know
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Chapter 33. Improve Communication and Encourage Collaboration Using Sketches
Anna Iurchenko
When synthesizing research findings and making sense of workshop outcomes, UX designers and researchers have to deal with an ocean of information and then effectively communicate insights to teams and stakeholders. And by communicate I don’t mean that we write huge reports or create decks with diagrams and personas, though those tasks are still part of our job. Instead, I mean we have to facilitate understanding among the team and invite collaboration so others can build on our ideas, generate new hypotheses, and critique our decisions.
An ability to use simple hand-drawn visuals can allow you to reach this goal. Sketches help you bring others into your thinking process and make your ideas easier to grasp while allowing you to communicate to everyone in an accessible way.
What can freehand sketches do for you?
Simplify and strengthen your message: Sketching naturally limits the amount of information you can put on the page, forcing you to cut everything that’s not essential. Simplifying the narrative toward a purpose is an effective way to make it more memorable.
Make your ideas stand out: We’re all familiar with generic diagrams in which icons represent users and workflows are shown with blocks and arrows. By contrast, sketched aesthetics of your visualizations bring ideas to life in ...
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