Prototype Versus Product


Given her (accidentally) experimental design, the Vasa should be considered a prototype, not a product. When they discovered she was unstable during test, they should have put her in the museum 333 years early. However, it was the king's boat, it cost 4 percent of the GNP that year, and it was needed in a hurry for an ongoing war. So they declared it a product and launched it.




The Software Development Edge(c) Essays on Managing Successful Projects
The Software Development Edge(c) Essays on Managing Successful Projects
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Year: 2006
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