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| Cover of the d.school Bootcamp Bootleg |
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| Some methods from the Bootcamp Bootleg |
Some of the methods are:
- Extreme Users - people whose needs and solutions are amplified by their situation. Can the layout of a car's dashboard be improved by examining the dashboard in a jumbo jet or a nascar?
- Saturate and Group - plaster your immediate environment in cues about your project, using Sticky Notes or even miniature models; then group like-with-like.
- Bodystorming - move beyond discussing, sketching and imagining, and set up a situation and act out the situation in a range of ways. (I am yet to get one of my groups to try out this technique - I find it intriguing.)
- Wizard of Oz Prototyping - I'm not giving this one away. Go and find it and see for yourself what this is about, but first use your imagination: What could this be?
- User Capture Grid - this is a method of collecting feedback along the way or at the end - a useful technique for every facilitator.
As well as providing detailed instructions for each method, the PDF provides some excellent general advice on how to facilitate sessions, including: "show don't tell" and "embrace experimentation".
I encourage participants in a couple of workshops to explore these techniques for their own purposes.
You can download the current (2010) version here.
...Geoff
www.performancepeople.com.au
