Some people that I have dealt with think that the Photoshop PSD for the first page and one interior page is a template. That is what I meant.
> I'm not sure what the person means about programming only after having > the first template. If they mean that they need more info (form fields, > for example) before beginning a prototype, I would agree with > them...cautiously. While such an approach may prove fruitful, it's often > an excuse for not doing the really necessary thing. > > Steve Nelson says that "scope creep" is just a pejorative term for a > process that's natural and necessary for users to go through. I agree > completely. The prototype creates a safe environment for "scope creep" > to occur. If the user could really specify exactly what was needed, we > wouldn't need a prototype. We could go from requirements to code. This > is exactly the process that has landed us into such hot water with high > failure rates. In fact, this tendency is so built into programmers that > I think for most of us, the only way we're willing to look at the world > anew is by having enough pain from failures. At least, that was true for > me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Jonathan Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: FLiP and Prototyping > > > Thanks. I agree with you totally now the hard part is not trying to > convince the clients but to convince people I work with. If I was to > ever write a book on Software Engineering I would have to steal your > quote Hal and put it on the cover of it: > > "If you don't have time to do it right, how will you find time to do it > over?" > > I am creating Montreal's CFUG website right now and this is the first > project I am using the FLiP process. I have done the wireframe and now > I am on to the prototype. One of the people I work with who does the > HTML integration always tells me I should program only after having the > first template because coding HTML takes so long compared to > programming. What do you say to a person like that? > > Thanks. > > > I highly recommend that the entire front end of an application be > > created as part of the prototype process. I have seen many, many > > failures occur when prototyping is either skipped entirely or (more > > commonly) not treated seriously enough. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Jonathan Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:27 PM > > To: Fusebox List > > Subject: FLiP and Prototyping > > > > > > In FLiP when you refer to prototyping do you prototype the whole site > > i.e. do html pages for practically the whole site or just 2 to 3 > > templates? > > > > Is there any tools other then devnotes used for prototyping in this > > community? > > > > Thanks. > > > > John Jonathan Kopanas > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://Topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
