This document provides an overview of SketchFlow, a tool for quickly sketching and prototyping interactive applications. SketchFlow aims to lower the costs of the design process by enabling designers to rapidly explore ideas through disposable prototypes. It allows recycling of layouts, controls, animations and components to facilitate fast iteration. The document discusses how SketchFlow helps communicate design intent, collect feedback, and deliver compelling proposals to clients in a quick and cost-effective manner through rich yet inexpensive prototypes.

1. Exploring SketchFlow Frank La Vigne frank@franksworld.com Cap Area.NET Silverlight SIG

2. Philosophy Great book Reads a lot like a story Written by Bill Buxton Given out at MIX09

3. Bill Who?

4. End Product

5. First Sketch

6. Design is Destructive?

7. Design Process Great Design Great Products! Design process is important Sketching and prototyping Explore a multitude of ideas Rapidly, timely, inexpensively

8. Therefore a great design left behind a lot of rejected ideas.

9. Lower the Cost of an Idea

10. SketchFlow Enables Recycling Layout Controls Animations Components

11. SketchFlow is a Tool for sketching & prototyping interactive applications part of Expression Blend

12. SketchFlow Goals Quickly experiment with dynamic UX Fast, plentiful, disposable, inexpensive Communicate design intent Collect and evaluate feedback Provide immediate business value: Deliver compelling proposals to clients Quickly and cost effectively

13. SketchFlow An Overview: Demo

14. Summary Fast and easy prototyping Evolve from storyboards to rich prototypes Present and collect feedback Make prototypes real with navigation, data, behaviors Significantly lower cost for design exploration

15. Credits Some content “recycled” from http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/C01F