Hands-On Software Engineering with Golang

Waterfall

The waterfall model is probably the most widely known model out there for implementing the SDLC. It was introduced by Winston Royce in 1970 ^[11] and defines a series of steps that must be sequentially completed in a particular order. Each stage produces a certain output, for example, a document or some artifact, that is, in turn, consumed by the step that follows.

The following diagram outlines the basic steps that were introduced by the waterfall model:

• Requirement collection: During this stage, the customer's requirements are captured and analyzed and a requirements document is produced.
• Design: Based on the requirement's document contents, analysts will plan the system's architecture. This step is usually split into two sub-steps: ...