#58 - Design Thinking XIV - Testing

Sent the June 22nd

Issue Artwork by Alex Pasquarella

Article written by

Juan Jesús Millo

Writing of the week

Testing is the opportunity to refine our solutions and improve them. We will place our low-resolution artifacts in the proper context of the user's life.

Your mindset should be: prototype as if you are right, but test as if you know you are wrong.

The goal is threefold:

To refine our prototypes and solutions. The results inform the next iterations of the prototypes, which may mean going backwards and rethinking.
To get to know our user better. Testing is another opportunity to build empathy through observation and engagement. We often gain unexpected insights.
To test and refine our point of view. Sometimes testing reveals that not only have we missed the solution, but also that we have failed to frame the problem correctly.

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