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Product discovery & research · Core

Prototype test

Also called: prototyping test

ELI5

Let users try an early model of the product.

Used in conversation

“The prototype test showed the navigation model was wrong.”

Definition

A study in which users interact with a prototype so the team can evaluate assumptions and behaviour.

Here “Prototype test” means: A study in which users interact with a prototype so the team can evaluate assumptions and behaviour.

Pitch context

You will see “Prototype test” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product discovery & research.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret product discovery & research without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.