107 Prototyping
Rapidly building low-fidelity models to explore ideas and deeply understand problems.
• Prototyping is research, not development. The goal of prototyping is understanding.
• Iterative prototyping—i.e., rapidly building a series of prototypes to find solutions to problems—is the basis of “design thinking”.
• Prototypes should use simple software tools or readily available materials and makeshift fabrication to accelerate construction. The rate of prototyping is effectively the rate of learning.
• Discard prototypes once they serve their purpose. Prototypes should generally not become products.
• Use prototyping to understand problems deeply and explore solutions quickly. Prototype to the level of understanding: build basic prototypes ...
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