prototype your android applications, the (u)x-factor

Prototype your Android applications,

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the (U)X-factor

Overview

What is a prototype

Why

How can I make one

Who

who are You

who am I

@welsinga+WiebeElsinga

What is a Prototype

Early version of an idea

Testable

these are not prototypes

this is not a Protoype

neither is this

Pranav Mistry

This is a Protoype

and this ?

iPod

and you know this one...

Why should we Prototype

...and generate new ones

To answer questions

Explore alternatives

Stylus

Fail early

and cheaply

Visualize ideas

!

Visualize ideas

and share

team

Visualize ideas

and share

investors clientusers

So you Fake it ...till you Make it

Who will make the prototype

Programmer

Customer

Interaction designer

Visual designer

Stephen Booth Photography

What makes a good prototype

“Quick” “Cheap”

“Minimal” “Testable”

Before you start

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Experiential Prototyping

Tactical Prototyping

Development proces

Creating a prototype

1Plan

define user stories

identify tasks

“I want to see where I am on a map”

“I want to share this information with my friends”

“I want to see at what time my train leaves”

create userflow diagram

Sketch rough interface screens

2Build

UI stencils

Showing paper

Templates

Keynotopia

Keynotopia

In the cloud

“Balsamiq” “ClickDummy”

“Proto.io”

“Mockingbird”

“WireframeSketcher”

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3Test

Test several prototypes

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Choose the right users

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4Refine

Discuss results

Integrate findings

Test, test and test

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5Share

Just play

1. Plan2. Build3. Test4. Refine5. Share

To sum up

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“A picture is worth a thousand words”

“A prototype is worth a thousand pictures”

Conclusion

Thank you! Questions?