Barnard: Low-fidelity wireframes drive better engagement with product developers
Leon Barnard · Episode 677 | Design Faster and More Effectively With Wireframing · Sep 5, 2023 · at 6:56
Leon Barnard, UX designer at Balsamiq and co-author of Wireframing for Everyone, discusses how early-stage low-fidelity design artifacts improve communication with software developers.
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“Having these kind of sketchy, low fidelity artifacts, which is what wireframes are, they're kind of like a digital version of a napkin sketch, was really a great way to get more engagement with the people who are actually having an effect on the product.”
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