Designing with Paper Prototypes

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Designing with Paper Prototypes

• Matthew Tester
• Pure Blue Consulting

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Paper Prototypes

• Paper prototypes are a deliberately low-tech way
  of developing and testing an applications
  interaction design

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But it looks err sketchy!
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What you hope to validate

• Concepts
• Terminology
• Navigation
• Workflow
• Content
• Page Layout
• Functionality

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Tools to use

• Pencil and Paper (and a rubber)
• Use software tools as long as they are still
  sketches

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Balsamiq Mockups
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Balsamiq Mockups
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To sum up

• Paper prototyping allows customer involvement
  early in the development cycle.
• DRAW IT SHARE IT DISCUSS IT

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Links

• Paper Prototyping (Book and Website)
• http//www.paperprototyping.com/
• Interaction Design Consultants
• http//www.cooper.com
• Balsamiq Mockups
• http//www.balsamiq.com

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My Details

• Matthew Tester
• matt_at_pureblue.co.nz
• http//www.pureblue.co.nz