Talks on Prototyping done at Sunnyvale, CA and Singapore.

1. With
cute
puppies!
Prototyping
the science
Uday M. Shankar
Yahoo! – Sunnyvale, CA
April 2010

2. Prototyping
the science
Uday M. Shankar
Yahoo! – Sunnyvale, CA
April 2010

3. ‘Copyright’ Disclaimer!
Have used quotes, ideas, slides and graphics
from many sites including yahoo, google,
slideshare etc.
This workshop is not about adobe tools. Its
about prototyping techniques.

4. Who
am
i?
• Owns
Prototyping
in
UED
in
India
• 11
years
experience
in
the
field
• Was
with
Nokia
before
Yahoo!

5. You already know ‘What is Prototyping?’
WHY PROTOTYPE?

6. Prototyping
Origin - 1603, from Gk. prototypon "a first or
primitive form," protos "first" + typos
"impression."

7. THE WORLD IS CHANGING

8. POLITICS IS CHANGING

9. INTERFACES ARE CHANGING

10. Applications are changing
Global
2005+ Now+
Rich Internet
Web Applications Applications
Reach
1998
1992
Local
Mainframe Client/Server
Text UI Rich Integrated media GUI

11. Yahoo! Is changing

12. Users *have* changed

13. Experience has changed
RICH
strategy
INTERNET
technology
design
APPLICATIONS

14. Isn’t it time we change too?

15. All that’s fine… What exactly should we do?
PROTOTYPE!

16. Create it, Learn from it, Change it, Refine it
SO, WHERE DO WE BEGIN?

17. Axure
RP
Pro
Lucid
Spec
iPlotz
Fluid
IA
Flairbuilder
Denim
HotGloo
Designer
Mockup
Petra
GUI
Design
Simulify
Vista
Screens
Studio
Flash
Catalyst
Pencil
Balsamiq
Mockups
JusLnmind
OmniGraffle
SketchFlow
Powerpoint
SketchFlow
RapidRabb.it
Protoshare
iRise
Easy
Prototype
Visio
ForeUI
Mockflow
Fireworks
Professional

18. Balsamiq

19. Flash Catalyst

20. Workflow yesterday
Visual
Designer
InteracLon
Designer
Developer

21. Workflow for tomorrow
Visual
Designer
InteracLon
Designer
Developer

22. Blah… Blah… Blah…
LET’S WALK THE TALK NOW…

23. Now that we know how its done.
BASICS OF PROTOTYPING

24. Work smart, not Hard
Do not over-engineer
Don’t let ‘legacy’ design for you
Keep it quick & dirty

26. It’s not all that simple and smooth
RISKS OF PROTOTYPING

27. Beware of Feature creep
Don’t let design bias your user
Don’t put on the FE hat

28. I dare you…
QUESTIONS

29. Thank you