Effective Prototyping with Excel: A practical handbook for developers and designers (Paperback)

Although recognized as a key to the design process, prototyping often falls victim to budget cuts, deadlines, or lack of access to sophisticated tools. This can lead to sloppy and ineffective prototypes or the abandonment of them altogether. Rather than lose this important step, people are turning to Microsoft Excel® to create effective, simple, and inexpensive prototypes. Conveniently, the software is available to nearly everyone, and most are proficient in its basic functionality.

Effective Prototyping with Excel offers how-to guidance on how everyone can use basic Excel skills to create prototypes - ranging from narrative wire frames to hi-fidelity prototypes. A wide array of software design problems and business demands are solved via practical step-by-step examples and illustrations.

. Step-by-step guide to prototyping with a simple and affordable tool nearly everyone already has on their desktop.
. Quickly and easily allows web and software designers to explore usability, design alternatives, and test theories prior to starting production.
. Perfect companion to Effective Prototyping for Software Makers - with the same author team and full-color treatment, useful case studies, and hands-on exercises.

儘管原型設計被認為是設計過程中的關鍵，但由於預算削減、截止日期或缺乏專業工具的問題，它往往成為犧牲品。這可能導致粗糙和無效的原型，或者完全放棄原型。為了不失去這一重要步驟，人們開始使用Microsoft Excel®來創建有效、簡單且廉價的原型。方便的是，這款軟件幾乎人人都可以使用，並且大多數人都熟悉其基本功能。

《使用Excel進行有效原型設計》提供了如何使用基本的Excel技能來創建原型的指導，從敘事性線框到高保真原型，應有盡有。通過實際的逐步示例和插圖，解決了各種軟件設計問題和業務需求。

本書具有以下特點：
- 逐步指南，使用一個簡單且價格實惠的工具，幾乎每個人都已經在他們的桌面上擁有。
- 快速且容易地讓網頁和軟件設計師在開始生產之前探索可用性、設計替代方案和測試理論。
- 是《軟件製作者的有效原型設計》的完美伴侶，由同一個作者團隊撰寫，具有全彩色處理、有用的案例研究和實踐練習。