90-Minute Prototypes
The 90-Minute Prototypes workshop is a rapid prototyping exercise designed to quickly transform ideas into testable app prototypes. It fosters a prototyping mindset by demonstrating how quickly insights can be visualized and prepared for user feedback.
Use this method when you need to quickly generate and visualize potential solutions to a user need, especially when you want to encourage a hands-on, iterative approach to design and development.
Solves: Analysis paralysis; fear of commitment to a single solution; lack of concrete visualizations of abstract ideas.
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Step 1: Welcome & Introduction (5 min) - Welcome participants, explain the goal of creating clickable app prototypes in 90 minutes, and emphasize a fast-paced, hands-on approach. Divide the group into teams of 2-4.
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Step 2: Identify a Need (10 min) - Instruct each group to identify a user need or value gap that could be addressed by a digital service. Provide prompts or use prior research to guide their selection.
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Step 3: Ideate (15 min) - Have each group brainstorm a digital service concept based on the identified need. Encourage sketching and note-taking to develop the concept.
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Step 4: Sketch (15 min) - Provide iPhone screen templates and instruct each group to sketch at least 4 key app screens, focusing on essential features and user flows.
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Step 5: Produce (15 min) - Guide groups to use a prototyping app (like POP App) to upload their sketches and create clickable prototypes. Facilitate sharing of prototypes for presentation.
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Step 6: Present (15 min) - Invite each group to present their prototype in a 2-minute presentation, covering the need, service concept, and app flow. Encourage constructive feedback from other groups.
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Step 7: Wrap-up (15 min) - Facilitate individual reflection on the experience, followed by group sharing of insights and potential applications in daily work. Close the session.
- Encourage participants to focus on the core functionality of the app during the sketching phase.
- Provide technical support for the prototyping app, but also encourage peer-to-peer learning.
- Use different types of templates (e.g., website, tablet) depending on the service concept.
- Extend the presentation time to allow for more in-depth feedback and discussion.