Final Deliverables

Components of investigation

  • Listing of each person’s responsibilities at 3 scales (s,m,l) – can incorporate in book
  • Mission statement
  • Vision statement
  • Mini-lit review (incl. case study)* = research
  • Evidence of Process & methods:
    • Personas
    • User journey maps
    • Stakeholder map
    • Mood board
    • Wireframes (interactions)
    • Style guide
  • Touchpoints, some as prototypes (incl. simulations of use) = 9 total, 3 per person
  • Language, graphic, and image (the “kit-of-parts” as mentioned elsewhere and as running through project description):
    • Language: taglines, narrative, voice, tone
    • Graphic: color palettes, typographic standards, iconographic vocabulary
    • Image: contextual photographs (often simulated)

Physical deliverables

  • Storytelling video (3–5 min.)
    • Tell the story about the project, but don’t show all process components
  • Documentation book (16 in. width by 10 in. height, side-stitched or perfect bound)
    • Two (2) copies not to be returned
    • The book should stand alone as a communication
    • Includes evidence of all components of investigation above
    • Send along a PDF version at 300 dpi compression
    • Remember to annotate each person’s contributions so that they can be identified
  • Prototypes
    • For anything that is physical and/or can be made, have it at hand
    • Certain prototypes will exist only within the video and book if simulated accurately there (if not, make a presentation board or provide a link with the more detailed prototype)
  • There will also be a requirement, probably during exam week, for each student to provide faculty with work from this and previous classes for the program’s self-documentation (i.e. junior review / assessment). More information on this towards the end of the semester.

* Mini-literature review: PDFs (texts), links (online resources), and exemplars (references). Sources for mini-lit reviews are books, newspaper or magazine articles, web sites, like initiatives or projects, etc. These should provide you with a library of analogous ideas, case studies, and more that describe trends, exemplary like-entities, etc. that should help towards further detailing your very own work.