Protovision Process
Project Kick-off and Requirements Analysis
We start with a stakeholder meeting to kick off the project and review of your business model, product vision, existing work to date, target market profiles and trends.
Concept & Protovision Design
The bulk of the Protovision Process focuses on rapid iteration of concepts; we typically get the initial requirements and features into a concept within days. We then meet so stakeholders can review the design, and together we agree on revisions. This process is repeated several times until we have a final Protovision, containing multiple use cases and scenarios representing customer and user interaction.
The Protovision itself follows an agreed-upon script and is ready to present to target users or customers in feedback sessions.
User Feedback and Protovision Report
A Protovision Report conveys feedback, issues and strategy for design and development teams. Protovision Reports are often used as demos for budget or fund-raising activities. The Protovision Report and feedback sessions are optional.
Typical Process
In a typical application development process your vision is interpreted from documents, discussions and whiteboard sketches, and the user experience only takes form during the design and development phases. Issues exposed during Design and Development are tied to expensive and time-consuming changes to features, architecture and UI.
This often means:
- product roadmap changes
- budget & scope changes
- architectural & platform changes
- 3rd party relationship needs change
- marketing plan changes
Waiting to visualize the user's experience until design and development are under way can be time consuming, costly and delay a product's launch.
The Protovision Process
The Protovision Process is different: we utilize a Concept and Strategy phase to define and refine your vision before Design and Development. The Protovision provides a "big picture" model for all team members and helps stakeholders avoid costly revision activity during development.
Benefits of rapid prototyping:
- stakeholder & team consensus
- clear roadmap strategy
- budget and scope are accurate & stable
- architectural & resource needs identified
- user interface matches your vision
- 3rd party relationships identified early
- stable marketing plan
The user experience is one of the most important factors for a product's success. Protovisions help you define a great user interface based on the user's experience and needs.