Storyboarding for Business

I have always enjoyed the process of creating a storyboard and felt that they should be included early and during the process versus just as a summary at the end of a summary. If you observe the way people read or listen to things you realize that there aren’t many of us with a linear attention span. Visual information is much more interesting than verbal information. So if you want to make a point, do it with images, pictures and graphics. And what better way to learn than through a storyboard.

A plug for the Business901 Podcast next week: My guest will be Claudio Perrone aka the AgileSensei. He is a great story-boarder in his own right and author of The Rise of the Lean Machine Storybook.

This is an example of how movie-makers use storyboarding in their planning to ensure that their final product is the best it can be for its audience. Business analysts can learn a lot from this tool. It’s a great way of communicating the intent of systems in a storytelling fashion, so that workflow and process can be accurately captured.