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    Software Prototyping

    l Rapid software development to


    validate requirements

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 1


    Objectives
    l To describe the use of prototypes in different
    types of development project
    l To discuss evolutionary and throw-away
    prototyping
    l To introduce three rapid prototyping techniques -
    high-level language development, database
    programming and component reuse
    l To explain the need for user interface prototyping

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 2


    Topics covered
    l Prototyping in the software process
    l Prototyping techniques
    l User interface prototyping

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 3


    System prototyping
    l Prototyping is the rapid development of a system
    l In the past, the developed system was normally
    thought of as inferior in some way to the required
    system so further development was required
    l Now, the boundary between prototyping and
    normal system development is blurred and many
    systems are developed using an evolutionary
    approach

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 4


    Uses of system prototypes
    l The principal use is to help customers and
    developers understand the requirements for the
    system
    • Requirements elicitation. Users can experiment with a prototype
    to see how the system supports their work
    • Requirements validation. The prototype can reveal errors and
    omissions in the requirements
    l Prototyping can be considered as a risk reduction
    activity which reduces requirements risks

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 5


    Prototyping benefits
    l Misunderstandings between software users and
    developers are exposed
    l Missing services may be detected and confusing
    services may be identified
    l A working system is available early in the process
    l The prototype may serve as a basis for deriving a
    system specification
    l The system can support user training and system
    testing

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 6


    Prototyping process

    Establish Define
    Develop Evaluate
    prototype prototype
    prototype prototype
    objectives functionality

    Prototyping Outline Executable Evaluation


    plan definition prototype report

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 7


    Prototyping benefits
    l Improved system usability
    l Closer match to the system needed
    l Improved design quality
    l Improved maintainability
    l Reduced overall development effort

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 8


    Prototyping in the software process
    l Evolutionary prototyping
    • An approach to system development where an initial prototype
    is produced and refined through a number of stages to the final
    system
    l Throw-away prototyping
    • A prototype which is usually a practical implementation of the
    system is produced to help discover requirements problems and
    then discarded. The system is then developed using some other
    development process

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 9


    Prototyping objectives
    l The objective of evolutionary prototyping is to
    deliver a working system to end-users. The
    development starts with those requirements which
    are best understood.
    l The objective of throw-away prototyping is to
    validate or derive the system requirements. The
    prototyping process starts with those
    requirements which are poorly understood

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 10


    Approaches to prototyping

    Evolutionary Delivered
    prototyping system
    Outline
    Requirements
    Throw-away Executable Prototype +
    Prototyping System Specification

    ©Ian Sommerville 2000 Software Engineering, 6th edition. Chapter 8 Slide 11

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