Iowa State University Women in Science & Engineering Middle School Prototyping Workshop

1. Hannah Deering
Interaction Designer, Workiva
Build It Better
How To Make Technology People

2. 1 About Me
2 Software Development
3 Prototype Activity

4. Computer Science
Graphic Design
Human Computer Interaction

6. 1 About Me
2 Software Development
3 Prototype Activity

11. USER

12. USER
needs
actions
wants
confusion
hate
love

13. FEEDBACK
USER
needs
actions
wants
confusion
hate
love

14. FEEDBACK
needs
wa
confusion
hate
love
USER
RESEARCHER

15. needs
wants
confusion
hate
love
USER
SEARCHER
PRODUCT
MANAGER

16. needs
wants
confusion
hate
love
PRODUCT
MANAGER
INTERACTION
DESIGNER

17. needs
wants
confusion
hate
T
ER
INTERACTION
DESIGNER
CONTENT
STRATEGIST

18. USER
needs
actions
wants
fusion
CONTENT
STRATEGIST
VISUAL
DESIGNER

19. USER
actions
VISUAL
DESIGNER
BACK-END
DEVELOPER

20. USER
FRONT-END
DEVELOPER

21. U
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
ANALYST

22. FEEDBACK
love
TEST
DEVELOPER

23. FEEDBACK
USER
needs
actions
wants
confusion
hate
love
USER
RESEARCHER
PRODUCT
MANAGER
INTERACTION
DESIGNER
CONTENT
STRATEGIST
VISUAL
DESIGNER
BACK-END
DEVELOPER
FRONT-END
DEVELOPER
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
ANALYST
TEST
DEVELOPER

25. Questions?

26. 1 About Me
2 Software Development
3 Prototype Activity

27. Design the perfect purse,
wallet or bag for someone.

30. 1 Learn 10 min
2 Ideate 15 min
3 Prototype 20 min
4 Test 5 min
5 Iterate 10 min

31. Split into teams of 4-6
Send someone up for supplies
Pick one person to be the user
Users, pick a purse/wallet/bag you want to replace

32. Team User
Learn Key
Problem
Prototype
Ideas
Ideas
Feedback

33. 1 Learn 10 min
Discover how your user
currently uses her purse.
What does she like/not like?
Why? Why? Why?

35. 2 Ideate 15 min
Pick a few key problems from
your user to focus on
EVERYONE draw at least 2 ideas

39. 3 Prototype 20 min
Pick 2 ideas to build
Focus on function over form

40. 4 Test 5 min
Try them out!
What works well?
What not so much?

41. 5 Iterate 10 min
Can you combine your ideas
into the best of both?
Fix any problems.

42. Show us what you made!