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What are models and prototypes built for at this stage?
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To generate performance data when tested with end-users — not to show what the product will look like.
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How is a model's fidelity chosen?
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From the question being asked. Card at the right height answers reach; a real pivot answers grip; real materials answer stability and mass.
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How should a user test be set up?
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Decide the measurement before the users arrive, give a task rather than an opinion prompt, do not help or explain, and record exactly the quantity the specification criterion names.
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Why state what a model could not test?
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Because a printed part is weak across its layers and a card model has no weight. An evaluation that claims more than the model could show is worth less than one that names its limits.
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