Mockups in virtual teams

Using mockups for early validation in virtual teams in product development
Using mockups for early validation in virtual teams in product development
Objective of approach: 
  • Early clarification of design, functionality and look and feel of a later product

The system of objectives is often not clearly defined in early stages of product development. On-site teams often meet and therefore have the change of hamonizing their understanding and their imagination of the later product, e.g. through using of sketches, gestures, etc.. As virtual teams do often not have this change so often it is helpful to prepare early mockups. Depending from the product this can be a virtual mockups (for physical products) or a highly interlinked PDF file allowing for quasi browing through an application (for software), e.g. prepared by a special mockup software.

USP: 

Early clarification of design, functionality and look and feel of a later product.

Resources: 
  • Mockup tools
Success factors: 
  • Awareness of the importance of visual explication for virtual teams
  • Availability of appropriate software tools
Barriers: 
  • Arranging with missunderstanding
Contact information: 

IPEK - Institute of product engineering, Kaiserstrasse 10, 76131 Karlsruhe Germany

Workflow: 
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