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Deciding the best prototyping approach for your needs

When prototyping, you need to constantly find a balance between realism and speed. On the one hand, you want your prototype to recreate the experience of your final product as much as possible. On the other hand, taking care of all the details requires time, and you will want to validate your ideas as quickly as possible.

The ideal balance between realism and speed will be different for each prototype. The following strategies will help you to find this balance in order to make the most of your prototyping efforts:

Focus on a specific scenario
Simplify the interactions according to their relevance
Define what you want to learn in advance

Focusing your prototype on one specific scenario helps you to cut corners and keeps the prototyping process fast. You may want to limit the options the user has in the prototype to reduce...

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Published in: Jul 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781787283428

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Pablo Perea

Pablo Perea has been working as a designer for many years, mainly focusing on user experience, user interface, and mobile and web design for companies such us Embarcadero Technologies. His daily work includes researching, prototyping, designing, and testing new ideas and solutions. He graduated in computer engineering and has a deep knowledge and understanding of different programming languages. As a devotee of technology, he is always learning and investigating new working fields and methods. He is an adaptable and flexible person who welcomes change and loves meeting new cultures and teams.
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Pau Giner

Pau Giner is a designer. He likes exploring and prototyping new ideas, and always has a pen to hand. As part of the design team at the Wikimedia Foundation, he has been designing for Wikipedia and other open projects to ensure that millions of users can easily access the sum of all human knowledge. His design work has explored new ways to contribute, from translating Wikipedia articles to reviewing content with the help of artificial intelligence. He has organized several design workshops, he got a PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de València for his research on mobile workflows, and he has also published a number of short stories.
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