Design · Design Thinking & Method
A topic within Design Thinking & Method, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Design.
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Jakob Nielsen
Argues no interface can be got right on the first attempt, so design should run as repeated cycles of cheap prototyping and testing rather than one long up-front specification phase.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Michael Schrage
Argues that a prototype's real function is to serve as a shared medium of communication between collaborators, so the choice of what to prototype and how says more about an organisation's culture than about the design problem itself.