Taxonomy of rapid-prototyping methods and tools

Abstract

A prototype-based software development can complement or offer an alternative to traditional system development techniques. Software prototyping approaches are becomin.1 more sophisticated and systems prototyping tools and techniques are rapidly evolving. This paper presents a survey of graphical and textual software prototyping approaches. We dwell on the respective represt ntations, methods, and benefits.We give examples of !ypical software tools available to carry out system prototyping. A taxonomy of prototyping approaches i s liven.