This document discusses paper prototyping as a method for validating solutions early in the design process. It notes that paper prototyping is quick, easy, and inexpensive. It then provides guidance on how to get started with paper prototyping, including techniques like crazy 8s where designers rapidly sketch out 8 ideas, and storyboarding to develop a narrative. The document emphasizes testing prototypes with users to gather feedback and ensure the design is solving users' problems in an easy to use way. It advises iterating based on user feedback to refine the design.

1. PAPER
PROTOTYPIN
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2. WHY BUILD A PROTOTYPE?
A Great Way to Validate
Solutions
Gets Your Team on the
Same Page
Inexpensive
Easy
Fast Iterations
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3. MOST PRODUCTS START OFF WITH
A PROTOTYPE
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Medicine Electronics Cars

4. CONCEPT CARS ARE POPULAR
PROTOTYPES
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5. MAY HAVE STARTED LIKE THIS…

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROTOTYPING

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● Pen
● Paper
● People
Low fidelity

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● Pen
● Paper
● People
● + Camera
● + Computer
Medium fidelity
Low fidelity

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● Pen
● Paper
● People
● + Camera
● + Computer
● ++ Design
● ++ Engineering
● ++ Analytics
High fidelity
Medium fidelity
Low fidelity

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Test & adjust Test & adjust
High fidelity
Medium fidelity
Low fidelity

11. PAPER
PROTOTYPIN
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Quick & Easy
Lo-Fi encourages user
feedback
Can modify on the fly
Great vehicle to start your
path towards a final solution

12. PAPER
PROTOTYPING
Define Parameters to Test
Set User
Set Use Case(s)
Set Medium to use
Start crude and work your way
up

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HOW TO GET STARTED
WITH PAPER
PROTOTYPING

14. WE START BY DRAWING Pen + paper + timer
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15. GET STARTED WITH CRAZY 8S
● Fold a piece of
paper into 8
rectangles
● Draw out 1 idea
every 40 seconds
● Each idea should
be different
● Finish in 5 minutes!
● Repeat if desired
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16. PROTOTYPE DRAWING IS SIMPLE
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Circles Lines &
arrows
Boxes for
images
Buttons & text

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Idea 1 Idea 2 Idea 3 Idea 4
Idea 5 Idea 6 Idea 7 Idea 8
Big idea:
Design an app to help
people send and
receive money from
family

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Started with the
most obvious…
Introduce
QR code
Ways to
receive
money
How to split
user tasks?
How to show
contacts?
In-app /
In-chat
ideas

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24. BENEFITS OF CRAZY 8S DRAWING
● Get your ideas on paper
● Visualize what is possible
● Start with BIG ideas
● Push beyond your initial idea
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STORYBOARDIN
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TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR
NARRATIVE
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26. STORYBOARDING
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If you wrote a TV show
episode about your app,
what would happen in it?
How is your product found?
What is your narrative?
How does your app solve
their problem?
What is their reaction?
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27. PAPER
PROTOTYPING

28. AS SIMPLE AS
POSSIBLE
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Use markers, post-its,
anything it takes to lay out
your screens as simply as
possible.
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our user touches a fake
‘button’ on your paper, and
you carry out the designated
interaction, e.g. by putting
another paper with a new
screen in front of them.

32. UI STENCILS
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They help make the
drawing process quicker
and cleaner.
You can get UI stencils for
practically anything.

33. VALIDATION!
You’ve made your first set of prototypes.
Now it’s time to test them out.
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34. WHAT DO
YOU NEED
TO KNOW?
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- Are you solving your
customer’s problems?
- Are you making it easy?
- Are you making it enjoyable?

35. QUESTIONS
TO ASK
- DOES MY
APP / WEBSITE / PRODUCT
DO WHAT YOU THOUGHT
IT SHOULD?
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- Do you understand the flow
of information?
- Do you find it easy to use?

36. AVOID
OPEN-
ENDED
QUESTIONS
- “DO YOU LIKE THIS?”
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- “What do you want the
product to do?”

37. AVOID
LEADING
QUESTION
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- “YOU LIKE MY APP, RIGHT?”
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- “Isn’t this feature helping you
become better at your job?”

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MOST IMPORTANTLY
Observe them!
Watch their facial expressions.
Listen to how they talk.
Try to understand their feelings.
You may find hidden problems they don’t realize.

39. A SIMPLE PROTYPING DESIGN
FLOW
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Start with Crazy 8s
Choose your strongest idea
Dive deep and develop
your idea
Create prototype
Share and gather
feedback

40. NOW YOU
KNOW!
Paper prototyping is a great
tool to flesh out your ideas
To get your team on board
with a unified vision
To get actionable user
feedback
Cheap and easy..!
HAVE FUN.....!!!

41. KEEP
VALIDATING,
KEEP ITERATING
AND BEST OF LUCK!
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