There are many steps in the development of successful software projects,
but one major key is prototyping: rapid, effective methods for testing
and refining designs. Effective prototyping an be remarkably simple, yet
provide powerful results without delaying the project. Indeed, effective
prototyping is often the key to faster development. Up to now, there has
been no single source for how it is done. But here, in this
comprehensive book, Jonathan Arnowitz, Michael Arent, and Nevin Berger
explain all in this essential guide to software prototyping. Everything
you ever wanted to know, but had no idea who to ask. --Don Norman,
Nielsen Norman Group & Northwestern University, Author of "Emotional
Design This is an ideal text for professional software engineers and
designers who are new to prototyping as well as students in engineering,
design, and human factors. The concepts and techniques presented in this
volume should be considered part of the foundational knowledge for
anyone in the software development field. I recommend this book to any
software company that wants to improve their capability to build great
products. -- Jim Faris, The Management Innovation Group LLC Much as we
hate to admit it, most prototyping practice lacks a sophisticated
understanding of the broad concepts of prototyping?and its strategic
position within the development process. Often we overwhelm with a high
fidelity prototype that designs us into a corner. Or, we can underwhelm
with a prototype with too much ambiguity and flexibility to be of much
use in the software development process. This book will help software
makers?developers, designers, and architects?build effective prototypes
every time: prototypes that convey enough information about the product
at the appropriate time and thus set expectations appropriately. This
practical, informative book 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. Features - 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.


Contents
0: Preface: Effective Prototyping, why this book? 1: Why Prototyping 2:
The effective prototyping process 3: Verify prototype assumptions and
requirements 4: Develop Task Flows and Scenarios 5: Define prototype
content and fidelity 6: Determine Characteristics 7: Choose a Method 8:
Choose a Prototyping Tool 9: Establish the design criteria 10: Create
the Design 11: Review the Design: the internal review 12: Validate and
iterate the prototype 13: Deploy the design 14: Card sorting 15:
Wireframe prototyping 16: Storyboard prototyping 17: Paper prototyping
18: Digital interactive prototyping 19: Blank model prototyping 20:
Video prototyping 21: Wizard of Oz prototyping 22: Coded prototyping 23:
Prototyping with office suite applications 24: Prototyping with Visio
25: Prototyping with Acrobat 26: Prototyping with Photoshop

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