STRATEGIE & DESIGN

Prototyping

When designing your solution, we always use one or more prototypes, which we present to (potential) users. By testing your application at an early stage, we ultimately ensure it perfectly meets your target group's demands.

Prototyping for top-notch user-friendliness

One of the success factors of good software is user-friendliness. By creating prototypes, we can perform usability tests with the target group before we start building and implementing the solution. This provides us with information about the user-experience at an early stage. Did we make successful design choices? Or should we fine-tune the functional and engineering designs before we start building the solution?

What does prototyping entail?

We distinguish two types of prototypes. Depending on the development stage, we use either low-fidelity prototypes or high-fidelity prototypes. Below you can read what these entail.

Low-fidelity prototyping

Low-fidelity prototypes are the first sketches of the solution. Still abstract, they mainly reflect its functionality and design. Together with a mood board and diagrams, these prototypes form the basis for the product design.

High-fidelity prototyping

High-fidelity prototypes are detailed, functional prototypes that realistically simulate the intended end result. We make them clickable, so the user testing the prototype feels as if they’re testing the real application.

User-centered design: putting the user first

PAQT works according to the user-centered design principle. The complete solution is designed for elaborately defined personas and their characteristics. This target group is central to the testing of prototypes. We watch them as they use the prototypes and interview test users about their experiences. Using special prototyping software and dedicated methods, we test for various factors that determine the user experience. By doing this before a single line of code is written, we avoid having to make costly adjustments at a later development stage.

Succes criteria: user-centered design

Prototypes are tested for multiple success factors. A crucial one is the Customer Satisfaction Score — or, the degree to which users are excited about the solution. We also check if users intuitively navigate through the application, if they can perform tasks efficiently, and if they make any mistakes we can avoid through the design, among other things. The user experience is central to each criterion.

Prototyping: part of the overarching development process

Our dedicated method, Rise, consists of four pillars: ‘Understand,’ ‘solution design,’ ‘plan of approach,’ and ‘implementation.’ Prototyping is a standard part of product design — which, in turn, falls under the second pillar, solution design. The latter covers the design of the entire solution. During ‘understand,’ we investigate the market, ambitions, and target groups, which form the basis for these designs.

Discover our working method

Why prototypes are useful

We work with prototypes for all our clients and solutions. This allows us to test and adjust our ideas early on. As a result, we can work on the right solution in a targeted manner. Check out examples of success cases for clients we (have) worked with.

More cases

Your own team of experts

PAQT has several teams, and each has its own area of expertise. When developing your application, you’ll collaborate with one dedicated team of experts. If required, they can always call in co-workers from other teams who have additional expertise. As you’ll work with a dedicated team from initial ideation to implementation and management, you will always collaborate with developers who know your solution inside out.