Opinions on rapid prototyping as a practical development tool vary widely, with conventional wisdom seeing it more as a research topic than a workable method. The authors counter this notion with results from 39 case studies, most of which have used this approach successfully.

rapid prototyping, evolutionary software development, software lifecycle models, quality attributes, process attributes, industrial software

James M. Bieman, V. Scott Gordon, "Rapid Prototyping: Lessons Learned", IEEE Software, vol. 12, no. , pp. 85-95, January 1995, doi:10.1109/52.363162