What is product prototype testing?

What is product prototype testing?

To put it simply, product prototype testing is a user testing method. It mainly uses product prototypes to quickly test and verify whether existing concepts and assumptions are valid, and to spend the least cost possible to verify whether users really need our products.

1. What is the prototype of the product?

The prototype is neither a formed product nor an intermediate product generated in the process of completing the product, but a design draft used to test whether the product design is reasonable and effective.

Of course, prototypes actually act as a tool for team collaboration and communication. We can use prototypes to show and communicate our creative ideas, so that team members can understand our ideas more intuitively and quickly, and developers can better follow our ideas. ideas to develop products that achieve what we want.

2. What is product prototype testing?

Generally speaking, according to the degree of restoration of the actual product interface, prototypes are mainly divided into high-fidelity prototypes and low-fidelity prototypes in the industry.

High fidelity is to draw completely according to the appearance of the actual product, so the cost of investment is relatively high; while low fidelity only draws the general appearance roughly, without reflecting all the details, the required investment is relatively high lesser.

Therefore, when doing product prototype testing, it is necessary to select the appropriate prototype type according to the progress of the project and resource allocation. It does not mean that the higher the fidelity, the better. After all, in an enterprise, costs and benefits must be well balanced. Of course, low fidelity does not mean that all parts of the prototype are very rough. If there are too many differences between the parts directly related to the test content and the actual product, the test effect will be greatly reduced, and there may be errors. in conclusion.Therefore, the correct posture for making a prototype should be to make the prototype with the minimum resources under the premise of meeting the minimum requirements for the purpose of testing. The parts related to the testing purpose are made high-fidelity, while the parts not related to the testing can be reduced to a lower level. Fidelity can be made into low fidelity, so as to maximize the effectiveness of testing, while saving time and resources, and maintaining the agility of product prototype testing.Industry Proto-Mold Limited has the most advanced rapid prototyping equipment, including laser rapid prototyping machines imported from the United States, large-scale precision CNC machine tools, three-coordinate precision testing instruments, vacuum injection molding machines, engraving machines, UV machines, and CNC shearing machines. The company has long-term training A group of high-quality professionals, with comprehensive professional knowledge and good communication and coordination skills, can accurately grasp customer needs. Welcome to consult.