Title
Prototyping for systems development: a critical appraisal
Abstract
Although relatively recent in information systems design, the prototyping technique has a long tradition in developing engineering systems. An engineering system is defined as any artificial system that performs actions to achieve a desired transformation of objects undergoing a change of state. We will review the application of and experience with prototyping in engineering systems design and relate these to the development of information systems. Drawing on the strong similarities between the design processes of engineering systems and information systems results in the identification of a number of different types of prototypes that can be used for a variety of purposes and integrated into the various stages of the systems development life cycle. The experience gained from applying the prototyping method in the design of engineering systems permits us to exploit its advantages and to avoid its misapplications when it is used in information systems development.
Year
DOI
Venue
1985
10.2307/249231
MIS Quarterly
Field
DocType
Volume
Information system,System of systems engineering,Systems engineering,Computer science,Method engineering,System of systems,Systems design,Information engineering,Systems development life cycle,Interactive systems engineering
Journal
9
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0276-7783
23
PageRank 
References 
Authors
4.10
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marius A. Janson117337.52
L. Douglas Smith210825.80