User Experience Design: Prototyping

Presentation prepared by Diane Garcia

Designers are focused on documentation

and should be exploring and executing

their design vision.

47 User Experience Design job

descriptions were analyzed.

Approximately 50% of them required

prototyping.

Industry

A survey was administered to 20 UX

designers across the organization to

collect information on:

• prototyping methods

• comfort level with prototyping

• enjoyment as part of their job.

Skills

Which methods of

prototyping did you use?

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How comfortable would you

be if prototyping became part

of the process?

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Very Comfortable Comfortable Somewhat Comfortable Not Comfortable

Did you enjoy prototyping?

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Yes No Maybe

“Instant gratification of seeing a design go to a working interaction.”

“Enjoyed prototyping when I did it for design explorations.”

“Helped clarify understanding and illustrated the direction the design should take.”

“Detail of coding takes away from the design focus.”

“Most useful if it replaces creating specs.”

“I’d feel very comfortable if we have the right tools and training and access to the standards components.”

Highlights

1. Variation in skill set.

2. Most have created prototypes on their

projects (17 out of 20).

3. Demonstrated proof of concept.

4. Designs are brought to life which can be

seen and interacted with.

ProcessCurrent waterfall process will need to

be modified in order to accommodate

prototyping.

CollaborationAdapting a modified agile process in

partnership with web development

can lead to better communication and

increased efficiency.