"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Alex
How do you sell a client who has a small budget on a prototype phase? Many of the clients that I have appear as though they have very little money to even develop the code, let alone pay for a...
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Alex, perhaps you are attracting the wrong type of clientele. I have an appreciation for the prototype phase as it has saved myself and my clients a lot of time. About three months ago, I began selling...
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Alex
What defines the right type of client?I am going to be working on an application for personal use and it might be a good idea to try and go the prototype method and see what happens.
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Peat
Alex—Prototyping shouldn’t be a heavy process. It can be whiteboards, sketches on paper, photoshop mockups … whatever medium you can use to quickly explore and capture good ideas. It helps your client...
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Peat
... and by “keep the good stuff” I mean use it as a reference. Don’t use it in the application. You’ll rewrite it better and in less time the second time around. ;)
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Justin
Peat,Client > Idea -> Prototype -> Reference <> Code?
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Peat
Justin—That’s the general idea, yes. If I were to refine it, I’d make it look more along the lines of:Idea <-> Prototype -> Reference <-> Code
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Robby Russell
Prototyping should be encouraged with most clients. The possibility of you getting it right the second time are much higher and if the first time isn’t held to such strict guidelines… it can be done...
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Alex
Thank you for sharing your approach to prototyping. I began prototyping a personal project. It’s not to feel like a hack when you’re doing this but I can see some value in knowing that I plan to throw...
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by David
Very good. I believe in the same principle; whatever is not in the final application is in the dumpster. My personal belief is that in the prototyping phase, you should not be doing anything you cannot...
View Article"Keeping Prototypes is a Bad Idea" by Perry
Spot on. Prototyping is an excellent way to provide the client with a visual or tangible artifact quickly, without causing any technical debt.Prototyping is a wonderful thing. :-)
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In a recent article titled, Just Build It: HTML Prototyping and Agile Development on Digital Magazine, Garrett Dimon writes,“You need to temporarily suspend any notions that prototyping is always...
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