Yes,
Wireframes are the way to go. Yet, it takes a bit of sales ability to get the client
to wait for the interface. In the end you will have a better product if you can
outline the project without the client being sidetracked by the container. The
variables are the person selling the project and the person who it is being sold to.
It would not be reasonable to loose a job, just so you could avoid the container until
the project functions were completely outlined. Yet, it would be better for you... and
the client to do full needs discovery and outlining. It is sometimes better to not
have a project that is not defined... because there is no end of attempts to satisfy
the client. If you can get by without contracts that are not wireframed it is best...
but, you in the end have to make the call. After all, we all need to eat!
John Farrar
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Anyone else have an opinion? ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nelson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Wireframes and clients
In my opinion that's the only way to do wireframes, but others might disagree. I
tend to use wireframing almost as a sales pitch. I try to spend no more than a couple
hours on a wireframe, usually within the first few minutes of meeting with the client.
Once we're past the hand shaking and schmoozing and they start explaining what they
want their application to do, I'll usually interrupt them and say: "let me take some
structured notes". (this is when I whip out the laptop with the wireframe tool) After
they've explained something, I'll walk through the wireframe and explain it back to
them. They'll either say "yeah that's it" or "wait, change blah blah blah".
I NEVER finish a wireframe. I use it for a couple hours to take initial notes and
then I move onto prototypes. My clients prefer seeing the application's front end than
seeing a description of the application's front end.
Steve Nelson
Craig wrote:
Hey all. I am thinking about using wireframes. I have 2 big clients, one of which
is a CGI/Unix programmer who is used to doing "fly by the seat of your pants"
programming. He wants to limit the Analysis and Design phase and just see some work
up and running. The other client is totally open to design phase but she is very
demanding. Has anyone had luck with using wireframes to quickly and efficiently
gather requirements? Please let me know what you think. Funny thing is, both sites
are likely going to be done using ASP.NET, NOT fusebox or coldfusion. Craig
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