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Rapid Application Development

ALSO CALLED: RAD
DEFINITION: RAD (rapid application development) is a concept that products can be developed faster and of higher quality through:
  • Gathering requirements using workshops or focus groups
  • Prototyping and early, reiterative user testing of designs
  • The re-use of software components
  • A rigidly  … 
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RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  paced schedule that defers design improvements to the next product version
  • Less formality in reviews and other team communication
  • Some companies offer products that provide some or all of the tools for RAD software development. (The concept can be applied to hardware development as well.) These products include requirements gathering tools, prototyping tools, computer-aided software engineering tools, language development environments such as those for the Java … 
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