After over 2 years of extensive research, Todd Zaki Warfel has released the book “Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide”. I talked to Zaki Warfel about his interest in the area, the surprising results of what prototyping methods practitioners actually use , and how he seeing prototyping being used in the future.
Posts Tagged ‘prototyping’
The Power of Prototyping – An Interview With Todd Zaki Warfel
By: Vicky Teinaki
on November 24th, 2009
Emerging a User Experience Strategy
By: Penny Hagen & Michelle Gilmore
on November 10th, 2009
In our previous article, we focused on the first step to developing a User Experience (UX) strategy by presenting how user stories are generated, themed and prioritised, as a means of helping us to understand the shape of the project (what) and its purpose (why). In this article we focus on the use of scenarios and paper prototypes to support a rapid and collaborative exploration of potential implementation approaches (how). … »
Low-budget Prototyping Techniques
By: Belén Barros, Colin Bentley and Elizabeth McGuane
on September 2nd, 2009
“We won’t be doing any user testing for this project. There’s just no budget for it, and we don’t have time.” Hear this often? We do, particularly since we work in Ireland – a small country with similarly small companies and budgets. However, we believe user research is too important to give up. So instead, we have to run tests quickly and cheaply for our clients to accept the cost – and we have to clearly show how it brings value. Because of this, we’ve developed a toolbox of quick, cheap UX research techniques.
Communicating UX Through Video: 1. Prototyping
By: Adam Little
on July 25th, 2009
Pop some popcorn, recline in your favorite recliner and rest your laptop. In five articles I will share with you some of the more interesting user experience videos on the web. They represent the importance of video as a tool for any designer working with new behaviors, emerging technologies and complex systems that unfold over time. From low-res, techfree prototypes to science-fiction-like future scenarios, this collection of videos will survey the various ways that designers are using this linear medium to explore possible functions, experiences, contexts and values afforded by new technology driven products and services. And we begin with: prototyping. … »
Prototyping makes you tell the right story
By: Jeroen van Geel
on April 28th, 2009
Prototyping in the early phase of a project is the ideal way to see if (and how) a concept will work. But often enough it’s not being done because design teams fear it will cost them all of their available hours. I think this is a big misconception, since there are many different ways you can prototype… And even the fastest way, sketching, is more valuable then doing no prototype at all. … »
