The FLiP concept of a prototype is somewhere between the two concepts you mention. Though it's not the full application (so we don't say it can 'fly', as with the aircraft prototype), it does perform the front-end operations that will be in place in the final application (so we can't say it's quite as far off the finished product as a mock-up). If you're working in the terminology of engineering, our prototype concept could be accurately described as the prototype front-end.
- Jeff On 9 Jun 2002 at 17:54, Richard Tugwell wrote: > This topic spins out of the Flip/protoyping thread which has been > running for a bit now. > > I'm interested in what people consider a prototype. > > To take an analogy from other industries, there was a prototype of the > Comet airliner of the 1950/60's and there was also a "mock-up". The > difference was that the prototype could fly, and the mockup was made of > balsa wood and plasticene. (could be wrong on the details) Does anyone > see any similarities between this, and the model(s) of software > development that we are talking about? > > Cheers > > Richard > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
