Nielsen Full day training course offered at Usability Week San Francisco
Wireframing and Prototyping
Quick and cost-effective technique for identifying major usability issues early with sketches and paper
Wireframing and paper prototyping (also known as low-fidelity prototyping) is a low-cost, rapid iterative design technique that offers one of the best methods for gaining design insight early. Catching major usability problems early means you won’t waste precious time, effort and money developing designs that may fail.
In this course, you’ll discover how to use prototyping to increase collaboration among multi-disciplinary teams, and how it can save your company substantial time and money.
Benefits
- Learn techniques for discovering usability issues early and shortening development time
- Discover how paper prototyping can facilitate creativity and build consensus among team members
- Conduct your own studies using wireframes and prototypes
Topics covered
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Paper prototyping: Who, what, where, when, and why
- Team member roles and involvement
- Prototypes defined and how they look
- Effective timing of wireframes
- Benefits to business, end users, and teams
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Planning paper prototype studies
- Setting goals to balance business and user needs
- Defining user profiles and recruiting criteria
- Creating test plans and schedules
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Creating paper prototypes
- How to create prototypes
- Paper prototyping materials
- Tricks and tips for creating prototypes
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Conducting the study
- How to conduct paper prototyping studies
- Facilitation techniques
- Differences between testing with paper prototypes and real or live products
Format
You will practice creating prototypes and conducting your own usability study during this workshop. Short lecture segments introduce topics and techniques for applying paper prototyping to your design projects.
The course also includes:
- Hands-on exercises and immediate feedback from the instructor
- Materials for creating and testing prototypes
- Video demonstration of testing with paper
- Opportunities to ask questions and get answers
Instructor
Kara Pernice
Kara Pernice is the Managing Director at Nielsen Norman Group. Pernice uniquely combines her 20-plus years of research knowledge with her design experience and business education to help organizations derive interfaces which are usable, useful, and surpass business goals. Pernice is accomplished at evaluating any design situation to determine or craft the most fitting research method, conduct or lead the research, observe and analyze user behavior, and convert this analysis into outstanding design. Pernice has led hundreds of intercontinental research studies, and is expert in many usability methods. Read more about Kara
Kara Pernice is the Managing Director at Nielsen Norman Group. Pernice uniquely combines her 20-plus years of research knowledge with her design experience and business education to help organizations derive interfaces which are usable, useful, and surpass business goals. Pernice is accomplished at evaluating any design situation to determine or craft the most fitting research method, conduct or lead the research, observe and analyze user behavior, and convert this analysis into outstanding design. Pernice has led hundreds of intercontinental research studies, and is expert in many usability methods. Read more about Kara