Alternative to Wireframes: Prioritized Lists.
The stage between gathering information for a site and creating designs in Photoshop is always a bit murky. Sometimes it’s wireframes, sometimes it ends up being just a laundry list of statements and concepts. Sacha Greif has, if nothing else, a term I had never heard used to describe that per-page list: a Prioritized List comprised of goals and elements arranged in a most- to least-important hierarchy. I’ll be trotting out this technique in an official capacity as soon as I can.
Tom
I fully agree with this concept. The prioritized list allows for a much better look and feel phase because the client isn’t expecting the design to replicate the primarily bereft of life wireframe. A current university redesign I am working on would have been better served with this method to better bridge IA/Wireframes.
By the way, solid site.
Sacha
Thanks for the link! Let me know how that technique works for you.