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A picture is worth a thousand words but especially in IT related projects. On your next project use prototypes or mockups to communicate your ideas and thoughts. A pencil and pad of paper can help you speed up approvals and designs. Take a simple idea and make it work for you.

Using Prototypes To Get Your Ideas Across

I used Keynote (the Apple version of Powerpoint) to create the diagrams in the article. It's a step above a pencil and pad of paper but not so sophisticated that you'd need to be a rocket scientist to achieve the same results.

Here's a list of software you can use to prototype.

DESKTOP APPLICATIONS
AppCooker (Mac)
Axure RP 7 and RP7 Pro (Win)
Balsamiq Mockups (Win/Mac)
Briefs for Mac
Flinto and Flinto Lite (Mac)
ForeUI (Win/Mac)
Keynote (Mac)
Microsoft Powerpoint (Win/Mac)
Microsoft Visio (Win)
Omnigraffle and Omnigraffle Pro (Mac)
Pop Prototyper (Win/Mac)
Sketch (Mac)
Simulify (Win/Mac/Linux)
UX Toolbox (Win)

BROWSER-BASED APPLICATIONS
InVision
IRise
JustInMind
Lucid Chart
Marvel
Pixate
Proto.io
ProtoShare
Solidify

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
iMockups (IOS)
Keynote for IOS
Prott (IOS)