Advantages of Prototype Development
Prototypes help in
- requirement elicitation
- requirement validation
- bridging communication gap between developers and end-users
- demonstrating a working system
- user training
- testing the final system (parallel testing)
In research examining 39 projects involving prototype development managers
gave as advantages:
- a more usable final system
- better end-user requirement matching
- higher quality design
- easier maintenance
- lower development cost