Productive Systems Development with Prototyping

Abstract

New software tools—fourth-generation Ian-guages, relational data bases, and data dictionaries —have made prototyping applicable to many areas of systems development. Some situations, however, are still better suited to the traditional systems development methodology. This article describes the advantages and limitations of prototyping and provides guidance on selecting projects that can benefit from this technique.

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Ian A. Gilhooley

Ian A. Gilhooley is associate vice-president and manager of information services. Pemberton Houston Willoughby Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia. He has more than 15 years experience in the computing industry and has written extensively on computer-related subjects for publications in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He also lectures on systems management and EDP auditing.