Chapter 4

Everyone loved the demo, so did it work?

Mọi người đều thích bản demo, vậy đã thành công chưa?

The chapter's question

Did my prototype pass or fail against the threshold set?

Big idea

Prototype results must be read against numbers agreed in advance, not impressions.

In this chapter

  1. Part 4.1

    Against the Pass Mark

    Is the result above or below the threshold written at the start?

  2. Part 4.2

    Looking at Failures

    What do the failed cases have in common?

  3. Part 4.3

    Real Users Trying It

    What do the people who will really use it say when trying it?

  4. Part 4.4

    The Cost at Scale

    What would running it at real scale cost each month?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of A Prototype Before the Real Thing is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of A Prototype Before the Real Thing

  1. 1.Is this prototype meant to prove or to learn?
  2. 2.The demo runs smoothly, but on whose data?
  3. 3.Does a prettier prototype give a truer answer?
  4. 4.Everyone loved the demo, so did it work?
  5. 5.Is killing an idea after two days a loss?