prototyping spectrum (short poster)

9 Apr 2008 - 10:56pm
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Uday Gajendar
2007

A little while back there was some discussion about various methods,
tools, media, and phases for ixd prototyping. Great stuff! So I
recently compiled my own thoughts about this into a short poster
(PDF), for myself as a self-explanatory tool, and also for our
internal Cisco UX evangelism efforts, to try to shape a compact
framework around the "art of prototyping" if you will :-) which of
course is a really a journey from abstraction towards reality, with
some twists along the way...

PDF is here:
http://udanium.com/proto_spectrum_v1.pdf

It centers on three central phases: Play, Propose, and Specify, with
an eye towards what I have called "proto-specs" or "prototype as
spec", serving as a record of truth for developers.

Hope the ixda community finds this useful.
Thanks,

Uday Gajendar
Sr. Interaction Designer
Voice Technology Group
Cisco | San Jose
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ugajenda at cisco.com
+1 408 902 2137

Comments

10 Apr 2008 - 10:41am
Dante Murphy
2006

One thing I really like about this chart is that it demonstrates more
than one type of prototype. I am inclined to map each phase as follows:

1. ideation
2. design
3. engineering

...but that's just the pragmatist in me, or the curmudgeon.

Thanks for sharing!

Dante Murphy | Director of User Experience| D I G I T A S H E A L T H
229 South 18th Street | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
USA
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http://udanium.com/proto_spectrum_v1.pdf

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