As much as we hate to admit it, most prototyping practice do not have a sophisticated understanding of the broad concept of prototype-and strategic position in the development process. This book will help software makers-developers, designers, and architects-effective to build prototypes every time: prototypes that convey enough information about the product at the right time and thus set expectations appropriately. This book is informative, practical will help anyone-whether or not one has artistic talent, access to special tools, or programming ability to use good prototyping style, methods, and tools to build prototypes and manage for effective prototyping. Features * A prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; * Overviews and guides step-by-step for 9 common prototyping techniques; * The introduction with step by step guide to a variety of prototype devices that do not require advanced artistic skills; * Templates and other resources used in the book are available on the Web for reuse; * Obviously the concept and guidelines; * Full-color illustrations, and examples from a variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools. Michael arent is the manager of user experience design at SAP Labs, and has previously held positions at PeopleSoft, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc., Sun Microsystems, and Apple Computer, Inc. * A prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; * Overviews and guides step-by-step for 9 common prototyping techniques; * The introduction with step by step guide to a variety of prototype devices that do not require advanced artistic skills; * Templates and other resources used in the book are available on the Web for reuse; * Obviously the concept and guidelines; * Full-color illustrations, and examples from a variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools.