The reasons are:App owners get a better perspective about the purpose of the proposed app and its target audience.It helps in keeping the designer and the app owner on the same wavelength regarding the app design and ensures that the idea is implemented as intended.It helps in identifying and resolving the potential usability problems.It provides a competitive advantage while you pitch your app to potential investors.However, to successfully prototype an app, you must be aware of the right steps.
So, I have penned down the key steps involved in prototyping an application.App Ideation to Prototyping: Key StepsPre-prototyping StagesPrior to prototyping, check whether your app idea is financially promising and technically feasible.Defining the Objective The crucial questions concerning app ideation that should be answered during this stage are:Whatās the appās objective?Does the app fulfill any specific consumer/business requirements?So, the very first step is capturing the app idea and visually representing it on a piece of paper.
Paper prototyping should be kept simple without using any colors, or art and should include only a rough list of the doodles or features of the UI of the envisioned app.
This is a rough visualization of the app idea that will be recreated as well as refined into digital format during the later stages.Mobile Market AnalysisFor validating the effectiveness of your concept, one should conduct a mobile market analysis for understanding the following particulars:The present demand for the proposed applicationThe upsides and downsides of existing apps that target the same set of audienceThis stage determines whether the idea is effective, is capable of competing with similar apps existing in the market and whether the app launch timings are suitable for its success.Creating Relevant testing PersonasĀ The next step is to create relevant types of personas for subsequent testing processes.
User flows (the sequence of actions needed by the end-user for reaching their destination) are created for every major feature of the app.
Thereafter, organize the screens into flows by adding arrows and comments for example ā Click the button āAā for opening screen āBā.Add error screens: When the end-users fail to achieve their objective, error screens inform them about the occurrence of an error or the failure of an action.Static Prototype: Creation and Testing Now, develop a static prototype based on the outcome of wireframing.