Wireframes are storytelling devices that ensures your entire team hears (and sees) the same visual representation of your desired product. Here is a beginners guide to building wireframes and prototypes.

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Overview

Description

Wireframes are visual representations of a digital product or solution that is being built. Each wireframe represents one screen that a user sees throughout their journey. Wireframes are used to plan the layout and functionality of a digital product.

Purpose

Wireframes are similar to an architecture’s blueprint. One powerful tool serves many purposes:

• Wireframes helps teams communicate their ideas about what an experience should include.
• Wireframes serve as an alignment tool, creating a shared understanding of the solution being created.
• Wireframes can be used to validate design ideas with actual users BEFORE investing time and money into building a full experience.
• Wireframes are a valuable communication device, providing valuable information to key team members—especially those that need to build the product. Serves as guidance for developers.

Benefits of Wireframing

Wireframes are indispensable tools that will help save time, money, and energy.

General Benefits

• Teams come to agreement about design solutions quicker