A UIE Virtual Seminar, Thursday, November 12, 1:30pm ET The Whys, Whats, and Hows of Prototyping Presented by Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant

A UIE Virtual Seminar,

Thursday, November 12, 1:30pm ET

An introduction to the most important UX tool since the wireframe Getting Started With Prototyping Presented by Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant

An introduction to the most important UX tool since the wireframe

Is this a prototype?

Exploration & Innovation source: http://www.roias.ro/en/TraianVuia/MasinaDeZbor.php

Proof-of-Concept & Design Validation

Communication flickr: mansikka

Visual Fidelity Functional Fidelity Sketches Interactive Wireframes Image Mapped Sketches Paper Wireframes Paper Design Comps Rich Interactive Wireframes Rich Comp Prototype “ Production Ready” Prototype Image Mapped Comps Proof of Concept Prototype The Dimensions of Fidelity

Contexts of Design How well established their user experience design practice is An organization with an established UX practice has usually seen its value and understands the value of research & iteration An organization with a new UX practice (or none at all!) is often skeptical of the value of UX methods The nature of their software development process Organizations that follow or are moving to an Agile methodology expect iteration and therefore tend to be more tolerant of it Organizations that follow a waterfall process tend to expect forward motion in every step and view iteration as wasteful rework Two aspects of an organization play a large role in determining which prototyping methods will be for them

How well established their user experience design practice is

An organization with an established UX practice has usually seen its value and understands the value of research & iteration

An organization with a new UX practice (or none at all!) is often skeptical of the value of UX methods

The nature of their software development process

Organizations that follow or are moving to an Agile methodology expect iteration and therefore tend to be more tolerant of it

Organizations that follow a waterfall process tend to expect forward motion in every step and view iteration as wasteful rework

A UIE Virtual Seminar Thursday, November 12, 1:30pm ET The Whys, Whats, and Hows of Prototyping Presented by Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant

A UIE Virtual Seminar

Thursday, November 12, 1:30pm ET