Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers is a practical, informative resource that will help anyone--whether or not one has artistic talent, access to special tools, or programming ability--to use good prototyping style, methods, and tools to build prototypes and manage for effective prototyping.This book features a prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; overviews and step-by-step guides for nine common prototyping techniques; an introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills; templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse; clearly-explained concepts and guidelines; and full-color illustrations and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools.This book is an ideal resource for usability professionals and interaction designers; software developers, web application designers, web designers, information architects, information and industrial designers.A prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; Overviews and step-by-step guides for 9 common prototyping techniques;An introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills; Templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse;Clearly-explained concepts and guidelines; Full-color illustrations, and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools.* www.mkp.com/prototyping