Science of prototyping

Prototyping the science

Uday M. Shankar

Yahoo! – Sunnyvale, CA

April 2010

With  cute  puppies!  

Prototyping the science

Uday M. Shankar

Yahoo! – Sunnyvale, CA

April 2010

‘Copyright’ Disclaimer!

Have used quotes, ideas, slides and graphics from many sites including yahoo, google, slideshare etc.

This workshop is not about adobe tools. Its about prototyping techniques.

Who  am  i?  

• Owns  Prototyping  in  UED  in  India  

• 11  years  experience  in  the  field  

• Was  with  Nokia  before  Yahoo!  

WHY PROTOTYPE? You already know ‘What is Prototyping?’

Origin - 1603, from Gk. prototypon "a first or primitive form," protos "first" + typos "impression."

Prototyping

THE WORLD IS CHANGING

POLITICS IS CHANGING

INTERFACES ARE CHANGING

Client/Server Mainframe

Web Applications

Reac

h

Local

Global

Rich Text UI Integrated media GUI

1992

1998

2005+

Rich Internet Applications

Applications are changing

Now+

Yahoo! Is changing

Users *have* changed

Experience has changed

strategy  

design  technology  

RICH  

INTERNET  

APPLICATIONS  

Isn’t it time we change too?

PROTOTYPE! All that’s fine… What exactly should we do?

SO, WHERE DO WE BEGIN? Create it, Learn from it, Change it, Refine it

Balsamiq  Mockups  

Mockflow  

Powerpoint  

Protoshare  

Designer  Vista  

Axure  RP  Pro  

Petra  

Easy  Prototype  

JusLnmind  

Fluid  IA  iPlotz  

Flairbuilder  

Simulify  

SketchFlow  

Visio  Professional  

Mockup  Screens  

OmniGraffle  

Pencil  

ForeUI  

Denim  

SketchFlow  

Fireworks  

RapidRabb.it  

Lucid  Spec  

Flash  Catalyst  

GUI  Design  Studio  

HotGloo  

iRise  

Balsamiq

Flash Catalyst

Workflow yesterday

Visual  Designer   InteracLon  Designer   Developer  

Workflow for tomorrow

Visual  Designer   InteracLon  Designer   Developer  

LET’S WALK THE TALK NOW… Blah… Blah… Blah…

BASICS OF PROTOTYPING Now that we know how its done.

Work smart, not Hard

Do not over-engineer

Don’t let ‘legacy’ design for you

Keep it quick & dirty

RISKS OF PROTOTYPING It’s not all that simple and smooth

Beware of Feature creep

Don’t let design bias your user

Don’t put on the FE hat

QUESTIONS I dare you…

Thank you