Prototyping
Prototyping a service or product involves exploring, testing and sharing different concepts before committing to the final design.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain what prototyping is, and why and when to use it
- understand how to work in an open and collaborative environment (by pair working, for example)
- 2. Working
You can:
- understand when to use a specific prototyping technique or method
- show the value of prototyping to your team
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others
- establish design patterns and iterate them
- use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate
- 4. Expert
You can:
- use a variety of prototyping methods
- share best practice and coach others
- look at strategic service design end to end
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Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 4 | Awareness |
| Junior DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 5 | Working |
| DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 6 | Practitioner |
| Senior DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 8b | Practitioner |
| Principal DevOps engineer | DevOps engineer | 8c | Expert |
| Apprentice frontend developer | Frontend developer | 4 | Awareness |
| Junior frontend developer | Frontend developer | 5 | Working |
| Frontend developer | Frontend developer | 6 | Practitioner |
| Senior frontend developer | Frontend developer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead frontend developer | Frontend developer | 8b | Practitioner |
| Head of frontend development | Frontend developer | 8c | Expert |
| Apprentice software developer | Software developer | 4 | Awareness |
| Junior software developer | Software developer | 5 | Working |
| Software developer | Software developer | 6 | Practitioner |
| Senior software developer | Software developer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead software developer | Software developer | 8a | Practitioner |
| Principal software developer | Software developer | 8b | Expert |