Deep dive: Prototype testing with Maze

Deep dive: Prototype testing with Maze

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3.2K views · 2025-03-19 Interaction & UX
How to Run Effective Prototype Tests in Maze: A Complete Guide

Want to validate your designs before investing engineering resources? In this comprehensive demo, we walk through how to build prototype tests in Maze so you can gather valuable user insights quickly and efficiently. Perfect for product managers, UX researchers, and designers looking to make data-driven decisions.

Maze's prototype testing capabilities let you validate concepts early, measure usability, and compare design variants - all while collecting both quantitative and qualitative feedback automatically. In this session, Sarah from Product Marketing and Mattieu from Product Research demonstrate how to:

- Set up different types of prototype tests (free exploration, goal-based, variant comparison)
- Create smooth participant experiences that maximize insights
- Analyze results through success metrics, heat maps, and user journey diagrams
- Use AI-powered follow-up questions to dive deeper into user feedback

*Key takeaway:* You don't have to choose between building fast and building right. With Maze's intuitive platform, teams can validate designs in hours instead of weeks, making user research accessible at the speed of product development.

*Watch the full demo to see how leading product teams use Maze to:*
- Test early-stage concepts before engineering investment
- Measure usability with specific success metrics
- Compare multiple design variants side-by-side
- Generate automated insights reports

Key SEO terms: prototype testing, usability testing, user research, concept validation, UX research, design validation, user feedback, product development

Chapters:
00:00 - 03:45 Introduction & Platform Overview
03:45 - 08:30 The Power of Prototype Testing
08:30 - 25:15 Live Demo of Maze's Testing Capabilities
25:15 - 35:00 Tips for Choosing the Right Testing Method
35:00 - 45:00 Real Use Cases from Maze
45:00 - 57:00 Q&A Session

🪩 *DiscoConf is the global research and discovery conference by Maze* https://maze.co/discoconf/

💙*About Maze*
Maze is the user research platform that makes products work for people. Maze empowers any company to build the right products faster by making user insights available at the speed of product development. Built for ease of use, Maze allows designers, product managers, and researchers to collect and share user insights when needed most, putting them at the center of every decision.

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