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.
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Pretotype
//ˈpɹitəˌtaɪp//
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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.
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ILI's provide feedback used to create improved iterative versions of the pretotype for repeated testing.
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In the earliest stages, this could take the form of a sketch or simple cardboard pretotype.
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