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Requirements, stories & service design · Core

Design prototype

Also called: prototype

ELI5

An early model used to learn.

Used in conversation

“The design prototype is intentionally incomplete.”

Definition

An early representation used to explore or test a design.

Here “Design prototype” means: An early representation used to explore or test a design.

Pitch context

You will see “Design prototype” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches requirements, stories & service design.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret requirements, stories & service design without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Connected terms

  • PrototypeThe search label “prototype” can route to both entries.
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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.