Service Blueprinting 101

Service blueprinting, as a core component of service design, can be a helpful tool in the early stages of prototyping an idea.

I created this short presentation for the Innovation for Justice course and thought I’d share it here. It covers:

  • Why services are often complicated: variety of players, channels, and interdependencies
  • What service blueprints do: visualize processes across swim lanes
  • Characteristics of service blueprints: comprehensive, specific, iterative
  • Examples of service blueprints
  • Considerations for creating a service blueprint: your audience, level of fidelity, and goals

Also access the slide deck with notes.

Prototyping 101

I created a mini guest lecture for this semester’s Innovation for Justice course, so thought I’d share it here. I cover:

  • Definition of a prototype: a visual representation of an idea
  • Value of prototyping: getting feedback, getting a team on the same page
  • Characteristics of a prototype: visual, imperfect, iterative
  • Examples of prototypes: paper, 3D representations, digital mockups
  • Considerations: audience, level of fidelity, goals

See also the slide deck with transcript.