Unify Your Deliverables

After reviewing over 1,000 deliverables produced by many, many UX teams over the past two years, one thing is brutally clear: no teams – in fact, no two individuals – seem to produce deliverables like wireframes the same way. And that’s a shame.

Sure, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. However, too many designers seem guided by the flawed notion that not just design but documentation too must be ever unique. This leaves readers flustered, confused, and often dismissive. Even worse, not adopting a uniform approach may diminish a team’s influence and credibility, and maybe even our discipline’s role in the industry.

This session will share the practical techniques that EightShapes has learned from, taught and embedded in teams large (40+) and small (<10), discipline-specific (IAs only) and cross-disciplinary (IA, visual design, content strategists, and more) over three years. Just as important, you’ll learn of challenges and pitfalls so you can avoid failures we’ve experienced along the way.

But that’s not all. As of this session, the user experience community can download our templates, document starting points, symbol libraries, page layouts, scripts, and more for creating better, more consistent deliverables faster.