Teams are committing engineering time to a flow that's never been tested with a real user.
Service
Prototypes that get tested before development, not after.
NetForemost builds interactive prototypes — from clickable wireframes to high-fidelity click-throughs — so flows and interactions get validated with real users before they turn into a development scope.
Prototyping flowActive
- Scope the flow to testPick the highest-risk flow or interaction worth validating
- 02Build the prototypeCreate clickable screens with realistic interactions
- 03Add interaction detailLayer in transitions, states, and micro-interactions
- 04Test with real usersRun sessions to see where the flow breaks down
- 05Refine before handoffUpdate the prototype and prep flows for development
Why teams come to us
What this service helps you solve
Stakeholders can't visualize a flow from static screens alone and keep requesting changes late.
A key interaction shipped and it doesn't work the way users expected.
Deliverables
What’s included
Prototype scope and interaction planClickable prototype covering the key flow end-to-endTransitions, animations, and micro-interaction detailTesting sessions with real or representative usersIteration based on test findingsAnnotated prototype for stakeholder walkthroughsHandoff-ready flow documentation for development
Process
How the service works
- 01
Identify the flow or interaction with the highest risk
- 02
Build a clickable prototype with realistic interactions
- 03
Layer in transitions and micro-interaction detail
- 04
Test the prototype with real or representative users
- 05
Refine based on findings and prep for development handoff
Roles
Roles that may support this service
Product DesignerUX DesignerInteraction Designer
Final roles are recommended after discovery.Discovery before SOW
Discovery comes before every reliable statement of work.
Before we recommend roles, timelines, or pricing, we need to understand your goals, technology stack, product situation, scope, risks, and constraints. Discovery helps us align expectations and create a realistic statement of work.
What discovery documents
- Business goals
- Product goals
- Technology stack
- Current situation
- Required roles
- Timeline expectations
- Budget expectations
- Risks and unknowns
- Success criteria
FAQ
Questions about this service
A prototype is built to be tested and reworked — it's optimized for validating a flow quickly, not for pixel-perfect handoff. Once it's validated, we carry the confirmed flow into full UI design and dev-ready files.
Either way works — we can run moderated sessions on your behalf, or hand you a tested script and the prototype so your team runs it directly. We scope this based on how much research capacity you already have in-house.
It's worth it any time a wrong guess would be expensive to build — that's often a single risky flow, not a whole redesign. We usually scope prototyping as a short, fixed-scope engagement focused on just that flow.