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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 26 , Issue 5 (May 1983) table of contents

Pages: 347 - 354

Year of Publication: 1983

ISSN:0001-0782

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R. E. A. Mason	Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada
T. T. Carey	Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Applying prototype-oriented development processes to computerized application systems significantly improves the likelihood that useful systems will be developed and that the overall development cycle will be shortened. The prototype development methodology and development tool presented here have been widely applied to the development of interactive information systems in the commercial data processing setting. The effectiveness and relationship to other applications is discussed.

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