Q: You are nearing the end of a project. Your client is excited to review what you’ve built and has asked you to present some mockups. What are mockups?
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Q: An undertaking is almost at its conclusion. Your customer has requested that you provide some mockups and is eager to see what you’ve created. Mockups: what are they?
- Low-fidelity outlines showing the basic structure of the product
- Static, high-fidelity representations of the the final state of the product
- Interactive, high-fidelity representations of the product
- Hand-drawn, low-fidelity images of what the product might look like
Explanation: Before a project is executed or developed, it is common practice to create mockups, which are essentially visual representations of, or prototypes for, the project’s design, layout, and visual aspects. They give a static, high-level picture of the appearance of the project, which enables stakeholders, clients, or team members to examine the general look and feel of the project and provide comments on it.