SOFTWARE - PROTOTYPE

Prototyping development consists of us developing from scratch an application to suit your needs. You are able to use the application as it is being developed! This gives you first-hand access to the development stages of your program, and you are able to have input, or change the direction of the development at any stage.

Once the prototype has been developed to a sufficient standard, you then have the option to keep the prototype system as it stands, or have us redevelop a streamlined final system using the prototype as the blueprint.

We find that the prototyping development is usually the best approach, and we recommend this with any major development as the requirements of the application can change dramatically when the users get to use the application. This is usually because the end user user becomes more aware of what is available to them after they have been using the system for a while, and how different requests affect their workflow.

In a way, it's similar to buliding a house. It doesn't matter how much you look over the initial plans - it's normally not until you're living in the house that you realise it would have been better to have moved this door there, or created a little extra room in one place. Prototyping allows you to 'live in the house, and have the house redesigned around you as you live there'.