Prototyping

Common Types of prototypes

See sections 7.3 and 7.6 for overview.

• Low-fidelity (includes paper prototypes)
• Horizontal and vertical prototypes (ways to describe partial prototypes)
• Throw-away prototypes (aka rapid prototypes)

Marc Rettig presents advantages of using paper prototypes and how they can be used for testing.

Methods and tools for creating prototypes

• Hand drawings
• HTML and Editors (example)
• Drawing packages (e.g. visio, Visio example, Example as image)

Discussion

What are the benefits of prototyping?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different types of prototypes?