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Volume 3 , Issue 1 (January 1996) table of contents

Pages: 76 - 85

Year of Publication: 1996

ISSN:1072-5520

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Jim Rudd	IBM Corporation, 6401 Morningsong Lane, Charlotte, NC
Ken Stern	IBM Corporation, 8501 IBM Drive, MG22/103, Charlotte, NC
Scott Isensee	IBM Corporation, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, TX

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.m Miscellaneous
Subjects: Rapid prototyping**

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.6 Programming Environments
Subjects: Interactive environments

H. Information Systems
H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

K. Computing Milieux
K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
K.6.3 Software Management
Subjects: Software development

General Terms:
Design, Management, Performance

REVIEW

"John Wesley Courtner : Reviewer"

Low-fidelity prototypes are rapidly generated and have great advantages in early requirements gathering. In contrast, high-fidelity prototypes have full functionality and give the user a good feel for how the product will operate. more...

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