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Glossary

Prototype

Prototype - glossary term (IREB Requirements Engineering)
  1. In manufacturing: A piece which is built prior to the start of mass production.
  2. In software and systems engineering: A preliminary, partial realization of certain characteristics of a System.
  3. In design: A preliminary, partial instance of a design solution.

Notes:

  1. In RE, prototypes are used as a means for requirements Elicitation (see Specification by example) and Validation
  2. Prototypes in RE can be classified
  3. With respect to their degree of fidelity into Native prototypes, Mock-ups and Wireframes
  4. With respect to their purpose into Exploratory prototypes and Evolutionary prototypes