How To Make a Product Prototype?

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how to make a
product prototype
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• In the technology jungle where mobile apps are
  slowly becoming just as ubiquitous as websites,
  prototyping your product  with or without a
  mobile app design company on-board can be a
  challenging and expensive affair. A prototype is
  an incomplete or raw version of application being
  developed. Not only do prototypes help you reduce
  time and costs, but they also help you identify
  key issues in your user flow and design that
  would be even more expensive to fix later.
   Below, we have defined the Apps approach to
  effective prototyping!

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DEFINE

• Define your application in simplest manner
  possible. Include the bare bones such as the
  purpose it serves, basic functions, features of
  the application among other things. Also include
  any information you have about market demand. You
  dont want to wake up six months after launch day
  and realise that 77 of your so-called users
  never actually ended up using the app 3 days
  after installing it.
• Heres a real client anecdote to illustrate the
  effectiveness of the Define phase of
  prototyping an app. One of our clients was in the
  agriculture business and came to us with an
  unusual requirement. He wanted to connect local
  farmers with people who want to buy organic
  product.  We recommended a P2P social platform
  application as a solution connecting farmers to
  consumers. This simple solution didnt contain
  too many bells and whistles, so the client was a
  bit reluctant. However, after we made him an
  effective prototype based on this definition, not
  only was the product  adequate, but it surpassed
  usage goals, and the client came back to us with
  a heartfelt appreciation for helping him save
  money and still build an app users would love.
  Other things you might consider in the Define
  stage include USP, budgetary restrictions, target
  user behaviour as well as the branding feel you
  want the app to convey.

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RESEARCH

• Your idea may sound highly convincing to your
  family and friends. It may feel like youre going
  to get rich quick. However, the true litmus test
  for your idea is proper market research. Research
  plays one of the most important roles in gauging
  the true worth of your idea. When conducting
  thorough market research, you must use everything
  from qualitative information such as reviews from
  appropriate professionals, systematic literature
  searches, as well as quantitative data like
  surveys, web traffic, social engagement among
  other analytics tools.
• You also want to cap off your research by
  creating user personas that will help to
  communicate a roster of features, non-negotiable
  and brand guidelines to help designers and
  developers create the user experience you have
  envisioned. With the advancement in UI/UX design,
  Personas are being used extensively in mobile app
  designs to create a realistic user base to test
  your product against. Keep in mind, however, that
  as powerful a tool as this is for target market
  research, personas are only worth the research
  that you put into them.

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BUILD
accounts

• Armed with your market research, you can begin to
  build a low-fidelity wireframe. Wireframes are
  the skeletal structure of your app just bare
  bone raw structure without any design elements.
  Today, wireframing is easy with the tons of drag
  drop apps like Balsamic, Justinmind and Sketch
  to name a few. Not only is the process quick and
  dirty, your wireframes can get surprisingly
  high-fidelity in a short span of time with these
  apps.  Interactive wireframes also help you gain
  clarity about the functionality, adaptability and
  viability of your app.

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TEST

• So, now you have a high-fidelity interactive
  prototype of what your app is going to look like.
  Youll want to your mobile app prototype to the
  test and step-by-step go through the process of
  redefining your wireframe based on user flow and
  interactions. Usability tests are a crucial
  component in the process of creating a
  well-flowing application. Repeating your tests
  and tweaking each subsequent is key to ensuring
  your prototype is not just aesthetically pleasing
  but functional as well.

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refine

• Dont be surprised if you or your team miss
  things even after carrying out usability tests.
  It is common for startups and tech firms to find
  some loopholes when putting prototypes to the
  test even if the application looked perfect on
  paper before you began your testing. Iteration is
  an integral part of designing and developing an
  application. One thing to keep in mind make
  sure you note down the patterns and problems that
  your participants experienced in their journey is
  essential while carrying out a usability test.

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• At the time of having feedbacks from users and
  stakeholders it is impossible to execute every
  comment on board so it is better suggested to be
  concerned about changes that will have major
  impacts.

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