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=== Purpose ===
Prototyping can be developed according to different aims of the design process that influence decisions such as what variables of the prototype are going to be examined and who is going to be involved in the testing session. Prototyping is and should be purposeful to avoid overspending or overtrusting the prototypes that are created and used. Research on prototyping by early-stage entrepreneurs demonstrates that the purposes behind prototyping come in different forms. As noted in the study by [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-024-00922-2 Paust, Korsgaard, and Thrane (2024)], "Some [purposes, red.] were narrowly focused on gathering knowledge on some predefined measure or element, while others were more open-endedly seeking to incite creativity. This suggests that entrepreneurs set purposes that either structure or guide their prototyping, depending on the specific situation in the venture development process."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Paust |first=Steffen |last2=Korsgaard |first2=Steffen |last3=Thrane |first3=Claus |date=2024-04-11 |title=Entrepreneurial prototyping: the role of purpose, prototype recycling, and skills bricolage |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00922-2 |journal=Small Business Economics |language=en |doi=10.1007/s11187-024-00922-2 |issn=1573-0913}}</ref> Moreover, a recent review by [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4776238 Paust, Korsgaard, and Thrane (2024)] of the concept of prototyping in management research and its subfields has described many purposes of prototyping, spanning meta-cognitive purposes of visualization and reification, active-level purposes of testing, boundary-spanning, and exploring, to organizational-level purposes of learning and coordinating<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Paust |first=Steffen |last2=Korsgaard |first2=Steffen |last3=Thrane |first3=Claus |year=2024 |title=Prototyping in Management Research: An Integrative Literature Review and Research Agenda |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4776238 |journal=SSRN |pages=1-53 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.4776238 |ssrn=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4776238}}</ref>. For example, in the early stages of the process, the need could be to explore various ideas within the design team and prototypes may be created fast and with little resources, while at the end of the process the functionality of the solution may be evaluated with future users so the prototype would largely resemble its final version.
Some of the purposes of prototyping identified by different authors are:
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