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Potential and Limitations of Prototypes in Developer-User Communication
Kristin Paetzold-Byhain, Lino Stoiber, Roman Ognevoj
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Year:
2025
Editor:
Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold, Sandro Wartzack
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Series:
DfX
Institution:
TU Dresden
Section:
Sustainability in Product Development
Page(s):
141-149
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Abstract:
Prototypes primarily support communication between developers and other stakeholders in the development process. Any artefact that contributes to representing structural and/or behavioural characteristics during development can be considered a prototype. Since stakeholders, primarily users in this case, view prototypes from different perspectives than developers, their interpretations also differ. This leads to misunderstandings. This article examines what this interpretation process looks like and what factors influence it in order to build a better understanding of the communication processes between developers and users. From this, recommendations are derived on how the information content of the prototype can be best adapted to the communication task.
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