Creating a prototype - what you'll need

Now, whether you have an idea in mind about what you want to create or not, here are some basic ideas and tools to get you started. Of course, these are suggestions; there are many, many different ways to create prototypes. For now, use the information on the following pages as a primer, a set of training wheels, until you start to get used to the development process. Make sure that you have some of the items shown in the following image so you can get all the ideas out onto paper!

Gathering your humans

The first thing you will need are people to create the prototype. People come in many shapes, forms, talents, and so on, so you want a great bunch of cool people to work with. Even if it's just yourself, that's fine too. The main thing here is to be crystal clear about what each person in the development process is responsible for. For example, you might have two programmers in your group, which is great. But make it clear that programmer #1 is responsible...