Planning a Usability Study with a Paper Prototype - Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Define and Refine User Interfaces - page 79

Communication of
results

As needed: 1-2 team members (often,

but not necessarily, the
usability specialists)

1 hour to
several days
depending on
the activities

Write summary
of "top 10"
issues

Post results on
intranet

Write report

Give
presentation of
results

Create a
walkthrough
video

Create an
interface spec

Notice that you don't start the process by creating the paper prototype. Rather, you first agree on high-
level goals and concerns, then develop usability tasks around those things, then develop the paper
prototype and test it. How early can you start? If you're sketching screens on a whiteboard, you're far
enough along to start paper prototyping. If you have questions about what users will like, understand,
or accept, you can throw together a prototype and get answers.

www.paperprototyping.com has a document containing Table 5.1 that you can use as a blueprint for
your own plan. Modify it as needed, and hand it out at your kickoff meeting.