Intro to Rapid Prototyping

Fun with acronyms!

User Experience Design (UX)

Goal: Make things more usable, useful and enjoyable to use.

UX isn't just "making things pretty"

Step 1: Identify your outcomes

• What is your project's current state?
• Where do you want it to be?
• How much time and resources do you have?

Let's look at an example

Example: Board Game Cafe

Outcomes:

• Bring more people to the cafe
• Provide visitors with more information before they arrive

Step 2: Sketch ideas exhaustively

Step 3: Start prototyping

Goals:

• Make a prototype of your idea as quickly and cheaply as possible
• Get the most value from the least work done
• Test your assumptions

Balsamiq Mockups

InVision

Tip 1: hotspot templates

Tip 2: anchors

Step 4: Put it in front of someone

Usability Testing Guidelines:

• Don't ask leading questions
• Don't instruct the user
• Welcome criticism

Step 5: Iterate

Back to the drawing board!

When are you "done?"

• When you've fixed all major issues
• When you've met your outcomes

Step 6: Communicating your design

Prototypes are good guides, but leave a lot to the imagination.

Not the best, but getting there.