Prototype Examples

The simple, easy-to-execute examples of prototyping in this chapter are far from a complete set of approaches that you should use for every situation. To highlight some real-world uses of prototyping, Keith Tatum and Jon Hadden generously shared from their experiences.

Keith Tatum, Creative Director, Retail Direct Client Team at Resource Interactive, created the paper prototype in Figure 13.12 to explain the left-hand navigation links and identify the navigation hierarchies and categorizations to his collaboration partners at Align Interactive (www.aligninteractive.com). In addition, the paper prototyping process allowed him to bypass the wireframe phase and move into visual design and layout (Figure 13.13).

Figure 13.12 Paper prototype used to explain navigation concepts to development team