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Pretotyping: Techniques for Building the Right Product (skmurphy.com)
2 points by skmurphy on March 6, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This recaps pages 39-40 of the Pretotyping Book (second edition) and then suggests several new techniques

The holodeck – simulate the effect of a product on a workflow

Family Tree – verify that manual implementations exist for what you plan to automate.

“What’s On Your Mind” – understand the customer’s view of the problem and the constraints your solution has to satisfy before proposing one.

Picnic in the Graveyard – do research on what’s been tried and failed.

Want Ad – ask customers to write up a job description with a focus on “results to be achieved” by your product.




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