Prototype Considerations

Whereas the wireframing phase was concerned with the business processes that are involved in the application, the prototype phase is concerned with design and delivery. These areas are more closely linked to the application that will actually be delivered because the decisions made around them will directly impact the design of the code model.

In an ideal world, every development team would have someone like Brody available to handle the design aspects of prototyping. It is practically impossible to overestimate the value of a trained graphic designer.

Unfortunately, only a small percentage of development shops are large enough to keep a designer on staff full-time. For the rest of us, design can be a difficult matter. ...

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