What is a Prototype? What are the Roles of Prototypes in Companies?

CA Lauff, D Kotys-Schwartz… - Journal of …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Prototyping is an essential part of product development in companies, and yet it is one of the
least explored areas of design practice. There are limited ethnographic studies conducted …

Prototype for X (PFX): A holistic framework for structuring prototyping methods to support engineering design

J Menold, K Jablokow, T Simpson - Design Studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Seven specifications of a prototyping framework are identified from the
literature.•A benchmark study of novice designers' understanding of prototyping is …

A temporal typology of entrepreneurial opportunities: Implications for the optimal timing of entrepreneurial action

JS McMullen, JR Fitzsimmons, K Shetty… - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
Entrepreneurial opportunities emerge and dissipate over time, yet little is known about how
and why they vary in their ephemerality and what the implications of temporal variance are …

[HTML][HTML] An immersive and interactive platform for cognitive assessment and rehabilitation (bWell): design and iterative development process

V Gagnon Shaigetz, C Proulx, A Cabral… - JMIR Rehabilitation …, 2021 - rehab.jmir.org
Background Immersive technologies like virtual reality can enable clinical care that
meaningfully aligns with real-world deficits in cognitive functioning. However, options in …

Visualising product concepts to engage manufacturers with little or no industrial design capability

B Kuys, C Ranscombe, W Zhang - Design Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•We show how visualisations are used to balance details, aesthetics and
fidelity.•We show how visual techniques are used to facilitate confidence with …

Rapid product development in university-industry collaboration: Case study of a smart design project

J Jussila, J Raitanen, A Partanen, V Tuomela… - Technology Innovation …, 2020 - timreview.ca
University-industry collaboration aims at mutually beneficial knowledge and technology
exchange between higher education and business. Prototyping new products is one sweet …

[HTML][HTML] mHealth app to facilitate remote care for patients with COVID-19: rapid development of the DrCovid+ app

JPY Tan, MWJ Tan, RM Towle, JSW Lee… - JMIR formative …, 2023 - formative.jmir.org
Background The 2019 novel COVID-19 has severely burdened the health care system
through its rapid transmission. Mobile health (mHealth) is a viable solution to facilitate …

Perceptions of prototypes: pilot study comparing students and professionals

C Lauff, D Kotys-Schwartz… - … and information in …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Just as design is a fundamental part of engineering work, prototyping is an essential part of
the design process. For many engineering design courses, students must develop a final …

When are designers willing to take risks? How concept creativity and prototype fidelity influence perceived risk

EM Starkey, J Menold, SR Miller - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Building prototypes is an important part of the concept selection phase of the design
process, where fuzzy ideas get represented to support communication and decision making …

The prototype for X framework: exploring the effects of a structured prototyping framework on functional prototypes

J Menold, TW Simpson, K Jablokow - Research in Engineering Design, 2019 - Springer
Prototypes have been identified as critical artifacts for generating and developing innovative
products and thus stimulating economic growth. However, prototyping is also associated …