The general purpose of creating a paper prototype and/or a wireframe is to test the design or information layout of the multimedia project before the expensive process of developing and coding the project begins.

User testing using a paper prototype and/or a wireframe is inexpensive.

Paper prototypes and/or wireframes involve providing testers with a section of a project on paper. The screen is represented by the piece of paper. Wireframing is a technique to present the labels and information architecture of the site content or design.