Rapid prototyping involves quickly creating mockups of systems or applications to validate designs with stakeholders. Axure RP is a tool that allows creating wireframes, sketches, mockups and interactive prototypes on desktops with collaboration options. It has wide capabilities, is easy to learn, and costs $289/$589. Axure RP allows organizing pages in a sitemap, formatting pages and widgets, adding interactions through cases and actions, and generating specifications and site maps. It also enables collaboration through sharing and editing projects simultaneously.

1. Rapid
Prototyping &
Axure RP
BA Training

2. Rapid Prototyping
is a process of quickly mocking up the future
state of a system, a website or an application,
and validating it with a broader team of users,
stakeholders, developers and designers.
mockup
prototypewireframe

3. Available Tools
Parameters to Consider When Selecting a Tool
●
● Purpose
Wireframing vs Prototyping
● Location
Desktop vs Web Solutions
● Output Options
RTF, PowerPoint, PDF
● Capabilities
Specialized tools vs Universal tools
● Learning Curve
Professional vs
● Price
Free vs Paid

4. Axure RP Benefits and Drawbacks
● Wireframes, Sketches, Mockups, Prototypes
● Desktop with collaboration option
● MS Word, HTML
● Universal tool with wide range of capabilities
● Easy to start using, great learning facilities
● $ 289 / $589

5. Axure RP Workspace

6. Sitemap: Organizing Your Pages
● adding
● naming
● moving
● deleting
● copying

7. Page Formatting - Page Style
●
● adding a style
● background
colour
● background
image
● sketchiness

8. Page Formatting - Sketch Effect
● sketch level
● colour scheme
● font
● line width

9. Widget Placing: Page Grids and
Guides
Grid
● line vs intersection
● spacing
Guides
● columns and rows
● single guide
● global guides
● guide color

10. Widget Basics
● Available widgets
● Widget properties
● Common actions

11. Widget Formatting
● Label
● Position
● Appearance

12. Masters
● What are
masters
for?
● Creating
masters
● Master’s
behaviour
● Usage
Report

13. HTML Prototype
● Destination folder
● Opening browser
● Generation
options

14. Cases and Actions
● Adding a
case
● Case types
● Page cases
● Action types

15. Quick Links
● Simplest interaction
● Link options

16. Dynamic Panels
● Adding a Panel
● States
● Visibility
● Cases and
Actions

17. Conditions
● what for
● condition
builder logic
● multiple
conditions

18. Widget Values

19. Variables
● what for
● naming

20. Page Load Interactions

21. Flow Diagrams
● Diagram type
● Flow shapes
● Import shape
● Editing shapes
● Connectors
● Reference pages

22. Flow Diagram - Generate Site Map
flow diagram with reference pages

23. Specifications - Widget
Annotations
● Add
● Customize
● In spec

24. Specifications - Page Notes
● Add notes
● Formatting
● Views
● In spec
● In prototype

25. Specifications
● General
● Pages
● Masters
● Page Properties
● Screenshot
● Layout
● Widget
Properties
● Template

26. Collaboration
edit SAME file at the SAME time
get changescheck out
check in

27. Collaboration - Share a Project
● Share a project
● Get a shared project
● Name & Directory
● Revisions
● Local copy
● Export file
step 1 Create Project
step 2 Project name
step 3 Directory

28. Collaboration - Menu Changes