Prototyping has been a crucial step in my development process, allowing me to finally validate the ideas and processes of SafetyNet, and refining the user experience.

Creating the prototype using Figma was a step-by-step process. It involved translating my hi-fi screens into something clickable. Using the user journey maps I had made before this helped in figuring out the progress of the screens, and how everything joined together.

I was constantly checking and refining the app with my initial tester, who allowed me to figure out any nooks and crannies I had missed within the app’s prototyping. For example, there were often little back buttons that I had missed and updated after testing, and as I asked him to carry out tasks on the app, they would become apparent and I would then fix them.