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Focused Prototype

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A focused prototype is a test artifact built to evaluate key assumptions in an innovation concept before full-scale development.

A focused prototype is a test artifact built to evaluate key assumptions in an innovation concept before full-scale development. In practice, it reduces uncertainty by making ideas tangible, testable, and iteratively improvable.

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