Prototyping in industrial software projects: Experiences and assessment

In many engineering disciplines, prototyping is a technique used mainly to improve the predictability of new projects involving risks. Prototyping has been adopted as a technique in software engineering for similar reasons. There is, however, little documented experience with the use of prototyping...

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Published in:Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.) Or.), 1992-01, Vol.6 (2), p.109-143
Main Authors: Kieback, Antoinette, Lichter, Horst, Schneider-Hufschmidt, Matthias, Zullighoven, Heinz
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