Prototyping-Oriented Software Development

The book is intended for anyone who plans, designs and implements software products; for anyone who is involved with quality assurance; and hence for anyone who is interested in the software development process. More and more scientists and practitioners agree that the classical software lifecycle model and associated tools no longer suffice or are even unsuitable for handling problems that arise during software development. It is often assumed that prototyping can make a contribution to solving these problems. The book strives to identify concepts and tools that support the prototyping-oriented development of software products, especially: - Software development methodologies: Various software development paradigms are compared and their advantages and drawbacks are discussed. - A new prototyping-oriented software life-cycle model and application scenarios. - A broad overview of various tools that support prototyping, and examples of their use. - A proposal for the conception of an integrated software development environment that supports prototyping.