Prototyping-Oriented Software Development - Concepts and Tools

It is often assumed—and current reports from research and industry confirm this assumption—that a prototyping-oriented development methodology can ameliorate some of the weaknesses of the life cycleoriented development approach. Specialists have not arrived at a consensus on what methods and tools are necessary for supporting prototyping-oriented software development. Based on the results of a several year long research project, this paper explains the authors’ concept of prototyping in the area of software development and what tools are necessary to support it.