%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Rapid Prototyping Using a Configurable Platform %A Antonio Misaka %K configurable platform %K rapid prototyping %K requirements analysis %K software product-line engineering %K web applications %X This article describes an approach for speeding up the development of web applications using a configurable platform. The core idea of the approach is that developers can implement customer requirements by configuring platform components, instead of writing large amounts of “glue code” to wire the components together. This approach reduces the amount of glue code that still needs to be written and maintained, it shortens the time it takes developers to create a prototype, and it makes it easier for glue code to be reused in the future. It also allows developers to experiment with different configurations of platform components in order to find the configuration that best meets the customer's requirements. Developers are also able to manage a larger variation in customer requirements. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 18-24 %8 05/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/684 %N 5 %1 Carleton University Antonio Misaka is a recent graduate of the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is a former consultant for IBM and R&D researcher for NEC-Brazil. His research interests include software engineering and technology management. He also holds an MSc degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/684