Prototype

Why
Prototyping is important because it gives us a starting point for actual development of our product.

What
Prototyping is a stage in task centered design that advocates for creating mocks or prototypes that people can actually interact with.

Prototyping Tools

 * Paper Prototyping - using paper drawings and having a user point to buttons that they want to click and have a human serve the next view
 * HyperCard
 * Dan Bricklin's Demo Package
 * Use UI that will be the foundation of the final product

Wizard of Oz Techniques
The Wizard of Oz Techniques advocate that we have humans perform the tasks that our system cannot still perform

Prototyping Strategies

 * Start off with low fidelity techniques such as paper prototypes and then move up the fidelity scale to javascript/flash to actual interfaces.