Paper Prototyping

Some examples of Paper Prototyping

Paper Prototyping

Advantages

  • Very cheap which saves money
  • But also makes it less painful when it has to be changed totally
  • Allows a user to take over and cross things out and suggest other ideas
  • You can take this as far as you want.
  • Smaller snippets for the various ui widgets (e.g. drop down menus)
  • Make a “screen flow diagram” by connecting the different sheets of paper with lines showing the transitions
  • It is similar to a movie ‘storyboard’

Here are some examples from a student

Here is an example created with Balsamiq

Click here to download the Balsamiq Document for this bad Pizza UI

Comments about Paper Prototyping

  • Why I insist on ‘paper prototyping’
  • How ugly can it be?
  • Fast iteration
  • Role of the UX Flow Chart