PROTOTYPING
A prototype is an operating version of a solution. It is often made with different materials (cheaper and easier to work with) than the final version.
Prototypes allow you to test how your solution will work and even show the solution to users for feedback.
Creating prototypes may involve using readily available materials, construction kits, storyboards, or other techniques that help you to create your solution quickly and with little cost. Keep in mind that these are mockups of your final solution, not the real thing!
Prototypes allow you to test how your solution will work and even show the solution to users for feedback.
Creating prototypes may involve using readily available materials, construction kits, storyboards, or other techniques that help you to create your solution quickly and with little cost. Keep in mind that these are mockups of your final solution, not the real thing!
Excerpted from ScienceBuddies.org