Description
Effective Prototyping for Software Makers is a practical, informative resource that will help anyone—whether or not one has artistic talent, access to special tools, or programming ability—to use good prototyping style, methods, and tools to build prototypes and manage for effective prototyping.This book features a prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; overviews and step-by-step guides for nine common prototyping techniques; an introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills; templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse; clearly-explained concepts and guidelines; and full-color illustrations and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools.This book is an ideal resource for usability professionals and interaction designers; software developers, web application designers, web designers, information architects, information and industrial designers.* A prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets;* Overviews and step-by-step guides for 9 common prototyping techniques;* An introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills;* Templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse;* Clearly-explained concepts and guidelines;* Full-color illustrations, and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools. * www.mkp.com/prototyping
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why Prototyping?Chapter 2: The Effective Prototyping ProcessPhase I: Plan Your PrototypeChapter 3: Verify Prototype Assumptions and RequirementsChapter 4: Develop Task Flows and ScenariosChapter 5: Define Prototype Content and FidelityPhase II: Specification of PrototypingChapter 6: Determine CharacteristicsChapter 7: Choose a MethodChapter 8: Choose A Prototyping ToolPhase III: Design Your PrototypeChapter 9: Establish the Design CriteriaChapter 10: Create the DesignPhase IV: Results of PrototypingChapter 11: Review the DesignChapter 12: Validate and Iterate the PrototypeChapter 13: Deploy the DesignChapter 14: Card Sorting PrototypingChapter 15: Wireframe PrototypingChapter 16: Storyboard PrototypingChapter 17: Paper PrototypingChapter 18: Digital Interactive PrototypingChapter 19: Blank Model PrototypingChapter 20: Video PrototypingChapter 21: Wizard-of-oz ProtoypingChapter 22: Coded PrototypingChapter 23: Prototyping with Office Suite ApplicationsChapter 24: Prototyping with VisioChapter 25: Prototyping with AcrobatGlossarySubject Index
