Workshops & Tutorials: Tutorial 6

Right Fidelity Rapid Prototyping with MS Excel

Duration: Half day
Schedule: Saturday, 20th March 2010, Morning
Fee: Rs. 2,000
Participants: 10-25

Aim
Prototypes help entire team to advance the project and designers are in a unique position to contribute through their prototyping skills coupled with strong design thinking. The aim of this workshop is to share the skills of prototyping using very simple tool like MS Excel. The participants are expected to learn how powerful prototype can be made, iterated and used throughout the development and testing.

Content
Importance of prototypes, fidelity, choosing right prototyping method
Why MS Excel can be used effectively with speed
Techniques and methods from ground up
Hands on exercise
Discussion and experience sharing

Who should attend?
Anyone who needs to create prototypes including developers, usability professionals and web designers.

Other requirements
Participants are required to carry laptops with a spreadsheet program installed – preferably MS Excel.

A short biography of the tutor
The tutorial will be conducted by Ganesh Gaikwad. Ganesh has rich experience in interaction design from product and service industry. He has been leading projects and teams at Symantec Corporation as Principal Human Factors Engineer since 2006. He has experience in design, usability testing, project planning and research at national and international level.

Additional Information
Visit http://sites.google.com/site/gaikwadgv/prototyping-tutorial
Mail to: Ganesh_Gaikwad@symantec.com

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