Rapid Prototyping and Fast UX Research (Livestream from NYC)

Rapid prototyping is the process of quickly mocking-up early draft versions of a product. A good prototype keeps the complexity out! Thereby allowing you to build the most important elements into your project, and receive feedback early on.

In the first part of this class we’ll evaluate the current state of prototyping tools: wireframing, Samantha Warren’s Style Tiles, Keynotopia, and what I call “sketching with code”. Wait, so you’re saying you can create prototypes right in HTML? You betcha.

We’ll use Twitter Bootstrap to rapidly develop our own HTML/CSS prototype. We’ll get familiar with the fundamentals, the scaffolding, and other Twitter Bootstrap elements. In addition, we’ll also incorporate a variety of external assets for images and typography that will broaden our prototyping toolkit.

Fast UX research: Through three short case studies, this talk will demonstrate how UX research can be done with high quality standards, have an enormous effect, be completed quickly, and most importantly, achieved by software engineers without hiring an expert or paying thousands of dollars.

Students will learn how to:

• Define and plan the user experience
• Integrate wireframing/prototyping into the product lifecycle
• Decide the level of fidelity and details of prototypes
• Test with users
• Iterate user feedback
• Move from prototyping to production

Prerequisites:
None.

Tomer Sharon is a User Experience Researcher at Google Search in New York City and author of the book, It's Our Research, that provides strategies and tactics for getting buy-in for UX research. He founded and led UXPA Israel and is the co-founder and organizer of leanUXmachine, a weekend of UX learning, collaboration, and mentorship for Israeli startups. He speaks at conferences and professional events, he is a published author of articles and papers, and a past editorial board member for UXPA's UX Magazine. Tomer holds a master’s degree in Human Factors in Information Design from Bentley University.

Christopher Castiglione is a developer with a specialty in UX strategy and Wordpress. He has over ten years of experience developing digital products. In the past, he has designed applications for clients ranging from The Black Eyed Peas, Toyota, Bacardi, CLIF Bar, and American Express. Christopher holds an MA in New Media from The University of Amsterdam. He is currently a member of the General Assembly teaching faculty where he regularly teaches the following courses: Programming for Non-Programmers, Crash Course: HTML/CSS, Business Storytelling and Wordpress Theme Development. .

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