2 x 2 Matrix

I love it for a variety of reasons, but primarily because it is so easy to edit. Try something, draw something, write something – if you don’t like it you can erase it and try again.

Also, because it is so big it is easy to photograph for capturing the things that do work, or the different “draft” versions of whatever you are working on. This particular picture is of a 2 x 2 Matrix describing work, expressed as  Effort vs Complexity (Click on the image to see the full-size).

I am working on a book with a slew of these matrices and I have found the whiteboard to be invaluable in capturing the drafts for the illustrations.

Another good use that I have found is in preparing drafts for slides in PowerPoint presentations, or for storyboarding these slides. For example (Please note – I am NOT an artist!):

Full storyboard

Then I can take a picture of the entire whiteboard and use my photo editor to break it up into individual “slides”.

Slide 1

Slide 2

Slide 3

Slide 4

Do you use a whiteboard? Care to share your pics or ideas? Join the discussion in the forum.