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The waterfall model provides a structured approach; the model itself progresses linearly through discrete, easily understandable and explainable phases and thus is easy to understand. It also provides easily identifiable milestones in the development process, often being used as a beginning example of a development model in many software ...
Since no single model is sufficient to cover all aspects of a system, the unified process supports multiple architectural models and views. One of the most important deliverables of the process is the executable architecture baseline which is created during the elaboration phase.
According to Royce in the process model "the design iterations are never confined to the successive step", and for that model without iteration is "risky and invites failure". [3] As alternative Royce proposed a more incremental development, where every next step links back to the step before. The 'classical' waterfall model is figure 2.
A phase-gate process (also referred to as a waterfall process) is a project management technique in which an initiative or project (e.g., new product development, software development, process improvement, business change) is divided into distinct stages or phases, separated by decision points (known as gates).
To be able to avoid these problems, software project management methods focused on matching user requirements to delivered products, in a method known now as the waterfall model. As the industry has matured, analysis of software project management failures has shown that the following are the most common causes: [2] [3] [4]
In software development, the V-model [2] represents a development process that may be considered an extension of the waterfall model and is an example of the more general V-model. Instead of moving down linearly, the process steps are bent upwards after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape.
The sample below is common for waterfall development. The same activities are commonly found in other development models, but might be described differently. Requirements analysis: testing should begin in the requirements phase of the software development life cycle. During the design phase, testers work to determine what aspects of a design ...
The spiral model is a risk-driven software development process model. Based on the unique risk patterns of a given project, the spiral model guides a team to adopt elements of one or more process models, such as incremental, waterfall, or evolutionary prototyping.