Fake it make it - How to Make an App Prototype in 3 Hours

How to Make App Prototypes in 3 Hours

Why people don’t execute on their ideas?

And how prototyping helps you execute

1. The fear that an idea isn’t good enough.

Prototyping it helps you figure out if it’s good

2. Lack of skills

You can prototype it using tools you already know

3. Lack of certainty

Prototyping helps boost certainty about your ideas

4. Running out of ideas

The more ideas you prototype, the more new ideas you get

How to create a UX blueprint for an idea

User flow

High level sketches

Wireframes

How to prototype your ideas fast

If you can create a presentation in Keynote or PowerPoint, you can prototype a web or mobile app idea using the same tools!

Low Fidelity

High Fidelity

Slow

Fast

Diagramming tools

Design tools

Mockup tools

Presentation tools

1. Design a slide for each app screen

Use keynotopia templates to drag/drop UI components

onto your slides to create UI

KEYNOTOPIA

2. Add hyperlinks between slides to create interaction

hyperlinks in Keynote

hyperlinks in PowerPoint

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3

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4. Add slide transitions to animate the interface

3. Export the prototype to your mobile device

4. Test with users and refine your prototype

5. Get the prototype developed into an app

a. learn to program b. hire a local developer c. outsource it offshore

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