$-$ Imagine that a government wants a software program that helps to keep track of the utilization of the country$$s vast mineral resources. Although the requirements put forward by the government were not very clear, a software company was tasked with the development of a prototype. The government

found the prototype impressive, and asked it be extended to be the actual system that would be used. Discuss the pros and cons of taking this approach.

This approach of developing a prototype and then extending it into the actual system is known as "Prototype Model" in software engineering. It has both advantages and disadvantages: