[IxDA Discuss] One sheeter help with persona [updated]

[Leah Buley]

Hi Tom and list,

I know this is really belated, but I wanted to pipe up on the Persona One
Sheeter.

First of all, I think it's great!  I particularly like the way you've worked
in the inputs and outputs. It makes the one sheeter feel like it's part of a
bigger system (something it was missing before).   You also did a great job
condensing a lot of the nuance of personas into a few short paragraphs. Well
done!

The only part where I found myself wishing for more detail was step 4 in the
How It Works part -- i.e., how do you actually write a persona? The really
good personas I've seen have a little extra life in them that makes them
feel like more than just a composite of a name and some goals. I guess I'm
thinking about stuff that clues you into what delights them, what will keep
them coming back, what truly motivates them, what frustrates them, blah blah
blah. I know that's a lot to squeeze into a little bit of space, and I'm not
even quite sure what you'd write, but I thought I'd bring it up since it's
something I struggle with myself and would love a good one sheeter to
instruct me on!

In any case, would you mind if I added your one sheeter to
www.iaonesheeters.com?  With or without my comments, I think it's a great
one sheeter.

Thanks & kind regards,
Leah

On 6/25/07, Tom Dell'Aringa <pixelmech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Got some wonderful feedback on this. It's been extremely hard to pare down
> so much good information into 2 short paragraphs, it's really impossible to
> say much unless I moved to a legal size page, which I don't want to do at
> this point. I tried to keep the relevance to the immediate development team
> and exclude the greater organization as a whole. Possibly there is one short
> sentence I could use to indicate how the whole organization could use them
> without being specific... but I haven't been able to think of one. I might
> be able to fit in one more short sentence.
>
> It's also tricky because everyone's teams are made up of slightly
> different roles. For example, we actually don't have business analysts here
> (even though I have included them in the description). The outputs could use
> some more lines here as well.
>
> Anyway, for your review - here is where it currently stands:
>
> http://www.pixelmech.com/rev2/personas_one_sheeter.pdf
>
> Appreciate any comments.
>
> Tom
>