Pretotype

If, however, you built something inexpensive—a pretotype, in Savoia's parlance—and proved viability, there was still a lot of money on the table.

Whether you call them pretotypes or rapid prototypes, the goal is the same: low-cost ways of making sure that you are solving a real problem and that your solution is the right one.

ILI's provide feedback used to create improved iterative versions of the pretotype for repeated testing.

In the earliest stages, this could take the form of a sketch or simple cardboard pretotype.

A pretotype, on the other hand, comes much earlier in the development process, before a decision to proceed has been made.

They were sending me examples of their pretotypes, asking me for suggestions on how to pretotype their ideas and were even lobbying with their colleqgues and managers to pretotype ideas before building them.

Most, if not all, ideas can be prototyped (or pretotyped),

An inert mockup can be used to pretotype just about any kind of carry-with-you device – would you/other people put up with having such a thing in your pocket/purse/handbag, all day long?