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Tangible Investments Corporation
Situation:
Apply Your Knowledge
Tangible Investments Corporation needs a new customer billing system. As project
leader, you decided to create a prototype that users can evaluate before the final design
is implemented. You plan to use a traditional structured analysis methodology. To prepare for your meeting with top management tomorrow, you need to review the following topics.
1. Explain the main purpose of prototyping.
2. Explain why a prototype might or might not evolve into the final version of
the system.
3. Describe the tools typically used in developing prototypes.
4. List three advantages and three disadvantages of prototyping.