Prototypes and Life

The first part of the prompt for this blog asks what prototyping did for my project. Unfortunately, I can't actually reflect on what the process of prototyping did for my project because I haven't got the chance to do so. If you look back to my ninth blog post, and maybe my tenth, problems for this project was expected. I have not been able to, and will probably not, actually smith. A cheaper alternative may need to be done for the completion of the project, but it will need to be done soon for an actual prototype is due very soon. For this blog post, I will need to reflect on another project that was done in this writing class that had a prototype done, the Cisco make.
What the Cisco prototyping did for the final product was... not much. I suppose the general idea of what we did for that prototype translated to the final thing, but much was changed. I am not confident that the changes were made because of faulty ideas in the prototype; things just were not the same. I suppose that the ugly prototype we had did give us an idea of how not to make it look, but that may have been it. Looking back to how prototyping helped my current project; it did not, but only because it wasn't done.
Out of left field: the second part of the blog prompt asks if "prototyping" could help in other aspects of life. I believe the answer to that question is actually quite simple: preparation. With "prototyping," practicing, you get important insight on things that may work or may not. It is vital to practice things before they are actually needed so that they may go swimmingly. For example, the military runs their troops through drill after drill so that it is ingrained into those soldiers' brains to the point where it is muscle memory, giving those individuals the chance to think about more important things when it matters most. I think that it actually may be common practice amongst all organized factions to prepare like this. So to answer the original question directly: yes, the process of making before actually making can be applied to different aspects of life.

So here's a random diagram of prototyping:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/3/3a/Rapid-prototyping.png