Picking Up Artifacts: Storyboarding as a Gateway to Reuse

  • Authors:
  • Shahtab Wahid;Stacy M. Branham;Lauren Cairco;D. Scott Mccrickard;Steve Harrison

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060;Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060;Department of Computer Science and Quantitative Methods, Winthrop University, Rock Hill 29733;Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060;Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060

  • Venue:
  • INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Storyboarding offers designers the opportunity to illustrate a visual narrative of use. Because designers often refer to past ideas, we argue storyboards can be constructed by reusing shared artifacts. We present a study in which we explore how designers reuse artifacts consisting of images and rationale during storyboard construction. We find images can aid in accessing rationale and that connections among features aid in deciding what to reuse, creating new artifacts, and constructing. Based on requirements derived from our findings, we present a storyboarding tool, PIC-UP, to facilitate artifact sharing and reuse and evaluate its use in an exploratory study. We conclude with remarks on facilitating reuse and future work.