As a business owner, you may have a clear vision of your startup in your brain and know exactly what you want the website to look like, but conveying that vision to your software developer can be difficult.
It can be difficult to explain yourself or put your ideas into words. While most clients are great at conveying their business vision, sometimes they lack the knowledge to fully articulate their website and mobile app needs.
Business owners may be shocked and even disappointed if they give complete control over a software developer and the outcome deviates from the original plan.
Entrepreneurs should know the basics of drawing, wireframing, and prototyping their concepts for websites and app screens to reduce misunderstandings and save time and money.
These 5 tips will help you as an entrepreneur communicate more effectively with your software developer:
Use drawing boards
The simple sketchboard method does not involve any technology. You need to think about the specific UI components and draw each of your app’s displays using non-technical tools like pen and paper.
These will help you quickly sketch out several different concepts without thinking about how they will play out, talk to your team about them, and then choose the best one.
The “user flow” must then be created. This relates to user interaction and navigation of all views and pages in your application.
When describing the user experience, tools such as specific templates and markers can be used. Your sketches are called a storyboard, and the purpose of a storyboard is to determine the best way for a user to accomplish a specific task. Sketches can be moved around easily, allowing you to quickly explore a wide range of options.
Enterprise use cases
These describe how you should react in certain circumstances. For example, you might want to specify how users purchase tickets, how payments are processed, and how refunds are granted if your web application includes an event registration process.
These contextual use cases should be defined for your software developer because they are unlikely to know the inner workings of your business.
Use annotations
A wireframe is a graphical representation of the structure and functions of a web page. The content design, page elements, and navigation system of the website are usually included in a wireframe, which also illustrates their interaction.
Developers can include notes and more information about particular features and interactions using annotations, which are symbols.
Using PowerPoint or other advanced layout tools, you can create wireframe layouts. To help you with this process, if it proves difficult, you can hire the services of a wireframe specialist, also known as a user experience designer.
Flowcharts are useful
Each step in the procedure is represented by a symbol in a flowchart. Arrows indicating the direction of process flow connect the symbols to each other.
You should use flowcharts as an entrepreneur to show developers planned workflows and processes.
Discussing flowcharts with your developers will help you find any problems, roadblocks, or gaps in the process.
Click prototypes with links
Clickable wireframes in clickable prototypes allow users to interact with interfaces. Making a wireframe for each of your pages is the first step.
The links functionality offered by the majority of wireframe tools can then be used to link pages together. By bringing displays to life, prototypes allow you to visualize and understand the problem you are trying to solve, as well as any possible usability issues.
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