Paper Prototypes: There and Back Again

Paper Prototypes There and Back Again Presented by John Malone Minnebar 2010 5/22/10

What It Is
User Centered
Used for creating and testing interfaces
Throwaway
Usability Testing
The best, cheapest, fastest way to get to where you want to go

Old Technique

Pen and Pad Example

Post-It Note Example

Digital Paper Prototype?

Why You Should Care

The Studies
two approaches appeared to have the same sensitivity - Virzi, Sokolov and Karis (1996)
found no reliable difference in the number of usability issues found with the different prototypes (HiFi versus LoFi prototypes) - Uceta, Dixon, and Resnick (1998)
the biggest improvements in user experience come from gathering usability data as early as possible – Nielsen (2003)

How To Do It
Draw a box
Fill it

Why Clients Love It
Easy to Understand
No intimidation
Ability to add input
Cheap
They feel engaged

ROI for all you Businessy types ROI = [(Payback – Investment)/Investment)]*100 = Payback Investment =

Without Paper Prototyping:

With Paper Prototyping:

Reference Post-It Note Images: http://wireframes.linowski.ca/wp-content/themes/darwin/images/full10.jpg Digital Paper Prototype: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/examples Business Guys on Business Trips: http://businessguysonbusinesstrips.com/ Balsamiq Software: http://www.balsamiq.com Usability.gov: http://www.usability.gov/articles/newsletter/pubs/062005news.html

Paper Prototypes: There and Back Again

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