Slides from my Prototyping 101 talk at TajRiba 2013 - The first sub-Saharan African month long conference and workshop focused on UX, design, and bringing world class User Centered Design experts to Nairobi to give a series of practical, hands-on training sessions that help Africans develop products that solve African problems.

1. prototyping
Looking
forward
to
surprises

3. Why we
prototype

4. imagination
innovation
leads to

5. 5+5 = 10
Kaaren Hanson creating a culture of rapid experimentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-WLX8gc8WY

6. 10
5+5
1.428 x 7
100 / 10
532-352-170
4(25/10)
3.16227766017
2
= 10
Kaaren Hanson creating a culture of rapid experimentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-WLX8gc8WY

7. test, don’t waste

8. getting
there

9. traditional
Observe idea Analyze Decide Build Launch User
|

11. UX
Observe idea design
build
test
design
build
test
Decide Build Launch
User
User
User

12. don’t be
afraid to
pivot
quickly

13. prototyping
stages

14. test an idea

15. generate more questions

17. Testing the
iterations

19. Not a demo
not an Mvp

20. Sharing
ideas
generating
questions

21. John keats
Negative
capability

22. Negative capability
is “when a person
is capable of being
in uncertainties,
mysteries, doubts,
without any irritable
reaching after fact
and reason”

23. Increasethe
possibilities

24. How you find
surprises

25. Testable

26. Quick quick quick

27. Cheap

28. Focused

29. Get out
and
talk to
people

30. try 5
0
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
3 5
80%
6 9 12 15
Number of Test Users
UsabilityProblemsFound
Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/

31. What
prototyping
delivers

32. represents
an idea

33. Not form;
Function

34. Lo-fi
dirty

37. Mid-fi
Communicate

38. Use html/css

40. use what you have

41. hi-fi
evolve

43. try it for
yourself

45. never let
technical ability
stop you from
trying

46. imagination
innovation
leads to

47. helloerik.com/tajriba
@Erik_UX
i hope this remote
presentation was a
good experience
Prototype