Prototyping: Learning Through Doing

Prototyping: Learning Through Doing

1. 1. What is prototyping?

   • Prototyping helps us to
     • • unlock creativity • manage risk • generate new ideas

2. 2. What can we prototype?

   • Relationships
   • Journeys and pathways
   • Objects and environments
   • Communications

3. 3. Practising prototyping

   • Seek out honest feedback Find the positives and negatives of an idea.
   • Be agile If people get stuck on one aspect of the idea, feel free to change it so you learn something new.
   • Get people building on your idea If your team ask you a clarifying question, you can address it collectively. Ask them how the idea could be better.

4. 4. De ning your prototype

   • If you have an idea for new service or initiative, here are a few steps that will help you to de ne your prototype to make sure you get most value out of it:

5. 5. Prototype planning

   • This tool will help you with planning the practicalities of doing your chosen prototyping activity. The prototype map is a great way to visually plot the prototyping activities and journey of your ideas testing. The Prototype planner, which you will nd on the next page, helps you to unpack in further detail the speci c activities and process of prototyping.

6. 6. Prototype monitoring and iteration

   • The tool is a way to help you synthesise your learnings from your prototyping activities. Good prototypes change fast: as soon as something has been learned.

7. 7. Prototype tools

   • Many aspects of an idea or service can be best explored rst on paper.