Prototyping in Software Development
Adnan Ahmed
Consultant | Lead Mobile App Developer | iOS (Objective-C, Swift) | Flutter | FinTech Solutions | XMPP | VOIP | CI/CD | TDD Advocate
A prototype is an early model of a product used for testing a concept, a prototype can be an early sample of an app which is not fully functional and contains basic UI or even sketches. A prototype can be paper-based or digital-based.
By creating a prototype, it is possible to sit down with a real version of the product and determine which aspects are worthwhile and which parts need to be revised or discarded. In this process, it may be possible to find glaring omissions that, on paper, weren’t noticeable.
The prototypes are also great allies of agile development methodologies, since they guarantee greater alignment between the team and the client. Create, test and iterate is the process which can lead you to perfection.
Below given are some reasons why i believe prototyping is an integral part of Software design process:
- It helps you to visualize your idea
- Communicate your idea to your team/client/manager
- You will be able to add user testing early on
- Improve your understanding toward idea
- Helps in adding missing features at the early development stage
- Prototyping will speed up development process
- Time and cost saving
- Increase chances of project success
By having a working prototype, it is much easier to sit down with a patent attorney and see what design aspects may be patentable. On the reverse side, it is possible to see what parts of the prototype and design violate patents of other individuals and how they can be changed before production
There are many online and free tools are available these days for Prototyping, but i always prefer to start with paper due to flexibility.
Bachelor’s Degree of Information Technology-Application Development.
9 年I believe strongly that it helps simplify and facilitate the idea that you can imaginable more clearly, and also makes you think more in terms of your product development.
Application Developer
9 年Yes, i think also it is most important step because save time and we can communication the idea with the group before start the implementation. Also i use justinmind to do the prototype in one of my course.
Application Developer,Web Developer,iOs developer,android developer
9 年I agree with you that prototyping is one of the most important steps before starting the implementation phase.Because I application developer I use paper and pen to draw the prototype.Also, I use digital tools such as Justinmind to help me to test my app before I start to create it. Great Post.