A prototype is anything that allows you to quickly and cheaply test your assumptions and get feedback from your users to enhance the final product or service.

Questions to ask before:

Once you’ve determined the below, you’ll have a better understanding of what your prototype needs.

• What is the purpose of my experiment?
• What is the idea or hypothesis I want to test?
• What assumptions do I have about my idea?
• What are the things I’m trying to learn?
• What behaviours or outcomes indicate success or failure?
• What are my measures of success?

Ask the user:

• What can we do to this “product” to make it the best “product you’ve used in your life.
• I didn't design this, our designer did and he'll just get a destillled version of your feedback you provide. Please feel free to be critical, no one in this room is directly related to the design.