This document provides an introduction to software prototyping. It defines what a prototype is, explains that there are two types of prototypes - horizontal and vertical - and outlines the purpose, process, advantages and disadvantages of the software prototyping approach. The prototyping approach involves creating preliminary versions of a software system to validate requirements with end users before undertaking full development.

1. An Introduction to Software Prototyping
Prepared by:
Shakir Mushtaq – Quality Assurance
Ovex Technologies

2. What is a Prototype

3. What is a Prototype

4. What is Software Prototyping

5. Purpose of Software
Prototyping

6. Process Model of the Prototyping
Approach

7. Dimensions of prototypes

8. Horizontal prototype
(Broad but only on top-level)
Vertical prototype
(Deep, but some or only one function)

9. Types of prototyping

11. Advantages of
Prototyping

12. Disadvantages of
Prototyping

13. Summar
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