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Incremental Prototyping Model

The document discusses two software development process models: the incremental process model and the prototyping model. The incremental process model is iterative in nature and focuses on delivering operational functionality in increments, providing needed features sooner while delivering optional components later. It allows for flexible management of risk. The prototyping model follows an evolutionary approach and uses prototypes to identify requirements through feedback from users. It focuses on visible aspects and allows refinement through multiple iterations of development and feedback. Both models are flexible and allow for accommodation of new requirements.

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Incremental Prototyping Model

The document discusses two software development process models: the incremental process model and the prototyping model. The incremental process model is iterative in nature and focuses on delivering operational functionality in increments, providing needed features sooner while delivering optional components later. It allows for flexible management of risk. The prototyping model follows an evolutionary approach and uses prototypes to identify requirements through feedback from users. It focuses on visible aspects and allows refinement through multiple iterations of development and feedback. Both models are flexible and allow for accommodation of new requirements.

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Software Engineering

Incremental process model


Incremental process model
Incremental model description

• Used when requirements are well understood.


• Multiple independent deliveries are identified.
• Work flow is in a linear(i.e., sequential fashion within an increment and is
staggered between increments.
• Iterative in nature focuses on an operational product with each increment.
• Provides a needed set of functionality sooner while delivering optional
components later.
• Useful also when staffing is too short for a full-scale development.
Advantages of incremental process model

• Errors are easy to be recognized.


• Easier to test and debug
• More flexible.
• Simple to manage risk because it handled during its iteration.
• The Client gets important functionality early.
Disadvantages of incremental process model

• Need for good planning


• Total Cost is high.
• Well defined module interfaces are needed.
• Needs a clear and complete definition of the whole system before it can be broken
down and built incrementally.
Prototyping model (Diagram)
Prototyping model
• Communication : 
• Firstly, developer and customer meet and define the overall objectives,
requirements, and outline areas where further definition is mandatory.
• Quick Plan :
•  Based on the requirements and others of the communication part a quick plane is
made to design the software.
• Modeling Quick Design : 
• Based on the quick plane, ‘A Quick Design’ occurs. The quick design focuses on a
representation of those aspects of the software that will be visible to the
customer/user, such as input approaches and output formats.
Prototyping model
• Construction of Prototype : 
• The quick design leads to the construction of a prototype.
• Deployment, delivery and feedback : 
• The prototype is evaluated by the customer/user and used to refine requirements
for the software to be developed. All these steps are repeated to tune the prototype
to satisfy user’s need. At the same time enable the developer to better understand
what needs to be done.
Prototyping model (Description)
• Follows an evolutionary and iterative approach.
• Used when requirements are not well understood
• Serves as a mechanism for identifying software requirements.
• Focuses on those aspects of the software that are visible to the customer/user.
• Feedback is used to refine the prototype.
Prototyping model (problem)
• The customers sees a “working version” of the software, wants to stop all
development and then buy the prototype after a few fixes are made.
• Developers often make implementation compromises to get the software running
quickly(e.g., language choice, user interface, operating system choice, inefficient
algorithms)
• Lesson learned
Define the rules up front on the final disposition of the prototype before it is built.
In most circumstances plan to discard the prototype and engineer the actual
production software with a goal toward quality
Prototyping model (Advantages)
• This model is flexible in design.
• It is easy to detect errors.
• We can find missing functionality easily.
• There is scope of refinement, it means new requirements can be easily
accommodated.
• It can be reused by the developer for more complicated projects in the future.
• It ensures a greater level of customer satisfaction and comfort.
• It helps developers and users both understand the system better.
• Integration requirements are very well understood and deployment channels
are decided at a very early stage.

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