Tim Malbon Assignment | MDW August 2011
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1. Partners identify problems or annoyances in their daily lives. They discuss recent experiences with the issue and define the problem and desired outcome. 2. Partners sketch ambitious solutions to each other's problems and name their ideas. The group selects one problem to focus on and sketches additional propositions to solve it. 3. The group selects the strongest propositions and identifies two minimum viable product variants to test against each other through a landing page split test. They develop core features and copy for each page.
Tim Malbon Assignment | MDW August 2011
- 1. 1. Find a problem to solve ~2 min Find a partner and ask them to tell you three things they find annoying on a daily basis something annoying, or something that you want to improve something annoying, or something that you want to improve something annoying, or something that you want to improve Pick your favourite, then switch roles Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 2. 2. Dig a little deeper ~4 min Ask your partner to describe their most recent encounter with the annoyance. Take notes: Stuck? Try asking “how?” or “why?”, then switch roles Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 3. 3. Define the problem ~1 min Now distill what you’ve learnt from your partner by completing the following sentence: wants your partner’s name so that whatever it is to be fixed or made better the desired outcome (what improvement or change does it bring about?) interestingly / amusingly / ironically, an insight into your partner’s life validate this with your partner Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 4. 4. Sketch a solution ~5 min Draw an ambitious solution to your partner’s problem, then give it a name Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 5. 5. Present back & choose ~10 min Present Take the problems and solutions you’ve defined, sketched and named and present these back to your group (1 minute each). Vote As a group, vote for the individual problem/solution you now want to take forward to solve as a group. We’re looking for one to develop further as a group within a sketch brainstorm Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 6. 6. Sketch brainstorm ~25 min Sit in silence and sketch as many propositions that might solve the problem. When you have sketched something, hold it up and explain it to the group before placing it in the middle and sketching another one. Sketch the way these propositions might work as: • A web application on a desktop, in a browser • Mobile/portable products or services on a phone or tablet • Something else - don’t feel limited by ‘devices’ or ‘platforms’. Perhaps your idea exists across the digital and physical world (e.g. as a book as well as a digital service; as an installation, wall or screen) DON’T use a computer, or start writing stuff in Word or Excel, or write a list DO sketch with a marker; make it visual without designing; annotate as much as you want. Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 7. 7. Review & create a ~15 min Minimum Viable Product Lay out all of the propositions you just sketched and decide which are the strongest. Identify TWO variants of the idea. We’re going to test them against each other. It’s TWO VERSIONS of the same proposition For each version, write: variant 1 product name variant 2 product name core feature 1 core feature 1 core feature 2 core feature 2 core feature 3 core feature 3 Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 8. 8. Landing page split test Now we’re going to create TWO versions of a page like this for each idea, drive some traffic towards them and see which one people like best Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 9. 8. Landing page split test That means you have to write some copy. We need two versions of the copy in red. Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 10. 8. Landing page split test ~15 min <Name of service> <Name of service> is the best way to revolutionize the way we <insert problem it solves> by < doing something awesomely cool>: Features Request an invite If you would like to request an invite • <Benefits of core feature number 3 written as a simple enter your email address in sentence, this can go over two lines if you need it to> the box below • <Benefits of core feature number 3 written as a Your email address: sentence, this can go over two lines if you need it to> • <Benefits of core feature number 3 written as a GO sentence, this can go over two lines if you need it to> Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 11. 9. Decide on your search terms ~10 min For each variant of the proposition, choose six search keywords: Version 1 Version 2 Product name Product name Search keywords Search keywords Thursday, 4 August 2011
- 12. 10. Homework Before tomorrow’s session, think of what you would do next. What simple tests, prototypes, interviews would you create/ carry out to iterate the product you’ve designed? How else can you prove people will use it before you start building? Come up with three more ways to test, validate, prioritise and elaborate your idea. 1. 2. 3. Thursday, 4 August 2011