Editing Paper prototyping (section)

{{short description|Software design technique}}
[[File:Paper prototype of website user interface, 2015-04-16.jpg|thumb|Paper prototyping of a website interface]]
In [[human–computer interaction]], '''paper prototyping''' is a widely used method in the [[user-centered design|user-centered design process]], a process that helps developers to create software that meets the user's expectations and needs – in this case, especially for [[user interface design|designing]] and [[usability testing|testing]] [[user interface]]s. It is [[Software prototyping#Throwaway prototyping|throwaway prototyping]] and involves creating rough, even hand-sketched, drawings of an interface to use as prototypes, or models, of a design. While paper prototyping seems simple, this method of [[usability testing]] can provide useful feedback to aid the design of easier-to-use products. This is supported by many usability professionals.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Paper prototyping : the fast and easy way to design and refine user interfaces|last=Carolyn.|first=Snyder|date=2003|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann, Elsevier Science|isbn=9780080513508|location=San Francisco, Calif.|oclc=63116735}}</ref>