Quotes & Sayings About Prototyping

We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. — Megan Smith

The design process is about designing and prototyping and making. When you separate those, I think the final result suffers. — Jonathan Ive

C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is that actively encourages you to use simple and direct constructs. — Linus Torvalds

Once you understand business models you can then start prototyping business models just like you prototype products. — Alexander Osterwalder

The next time you're caught in a room full of smart people doing something dumb (like trying to anticipate what your users will do), tune them out, flip open your laptop, and start prototyping. — Daniel Burka

Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.' — Alan Cooper

The same products, services or technologies can fail or succeed depending on the business model you choose. Exploring the possibilities is critical to finding a successful business model. Settling on first ideas risks the possibility of missing potential that can only be discovered by prototyping and testing different alternatives. — Alexander Osterwalder

The basic metaphor of prototypes still seems apt to me. There are no answers or magic pills. There is no alternative to learning through experimentation. Benchmarking and studying "best practices" will not suffice - because the prototyping process does not involve just incremental changes in established ways of doing things, but radical new ideas and practices that together create a new way of managing. — Peter M. Senge

Prototyping is the conversation you have with your ideas. — Tom Wujec

Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping, especially if you're not very good at talking. — Paul Buchheit

Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model. — Timothy Ferriss

It isn't enough to pick a path - you must go down it. By doing so, you see things you couldn't possibly see when you started out; you may not like what you see, some of it may be confusing, but at least you will have, as we like to say, "explored the neighborhood." The key point here is that even if you decide you're in the wrong place, there is still time to head toward the right place. — Ed Catmull

There are two different types of prototyping. First, the gut sense. You know how far you can take it. Second, you need experts to figure out whether or not it is attainable. — Tony Fadell