Whiteboard Challenge!
What it is & Group practice
Presented by Ruping Ma Nov 3 2022
SoCal UX Designers presents -
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Intro to WB Challenge
WB Challenge Format
How to Approach a WB Challenge
Intro to WB Challenge
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WB Challenge Format
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Working time + Presentation
In-person
Online
How to Approach a WB Challenge
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Pre-challenge
Before the exercise, ask the interviewer:
- Deliverables type (Sketch-files, prototype, presentation etc.)
- Deliveries fidelity level (wireframes or high-fidelity design)
- Presenting — are you required to present your solution?
- Presentation method (phone call, video-conference, email, in person)
Tips
If stuck on one step, think out loud on what you are thinking.
Long pauses will drain the energy from the room and you’ll lose your audience’s attention.
The faster you write and talk, the better.
Challenge Process
3 min
Challenge Process
5 min
Challenge Process
5 min
Challenge Process
5 min
Challenge Process
Dev effort
3 min
Challenge Process
Deliverables
30 min
Challenge Process
3 mins
Prepare for Presentation
Whiteboarding and on-site exercises - should include all of the steps
- Can talk through all the steps as an overview at the beginning
- Summarize the story, talk about alternatives, improvements or other use cases
- When move on to the next step: mention both the pros and cons and why you made your final decision.
5 mins
Now, the Challenge
Improve the Costco customer experience by getting rid of long lines at checkout.
We want to improve the Costco customer experience by getting rid of the long lines at checkout. We’ve decided a self-checkout process is our solution, but we want to do better than the typical self checkout at grocery stores. Our research has shown they’re even slower than the usual checkout lanes.
Constraints:
Citation
Whiteboard challenge demo (she has more demos on this!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6fAfiE6eVg&t=1s
Solving Product Design Exercises - Book link