Last Friday we had two great meetings that have confirmed that Agile development practices and product prototyping are going to be web entrepreneurs’ most valuable tools in the coming years. The release early, release often methodologies of Agile and Scrum combined with…
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Prototyping: Simple is Hard
Designing web application prototypes seems like a simple idea. Grab some markers and a sheet of paper and you’re designing a new application in seconds. The problem is it’s never that simple. The first time you draw your ideas on paper is…
A hybrid Agile / Prototyping model for web designers
How we came up with our hybrid Agile / Prototyping model? We have always been good at prototyping new websites and web applications. We’ve always felt this was where we had an edge over other web designers but we really weren’t confident…
Rapid Prototyping versus Traditional Development
When put into list format, the differences between Application Development VS Rapid Prototyping are very stark: Traditional Application Design Engineers and business development teams work on a bloated technical spec often 50-100 pages long that has very little value or meaning because…
Web prototypes through the eyes of a car designer
To me, building web prototypes must be a lot like designing cars. Step1: First you sketch out the basic layouts and place the essential functional elements in their ideal locations. We photograph these basic layouts which we sketch on a large whiteboard.…
Defining and Developing a Web Prototype Design: Part 2
From HTML/CSS to full prototype Having created your template pages you can begin to build out the complete prototype. As for templates we start with the home page, a few primary pages and the registration or signup process (if there is one).…