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Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, Second Edition
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Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, Second Edition

by Stephen H. Kan
September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
13h 51m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 2. Software Development Process Models

Software metrics and models cannot be discussed in a vacuum; they must be referenced to the software development process. In this chapter we summarize the major process models being used in the software development community. We start with the waterfall process life-cycle model and then cover the prototyping approach, the spiral model, the iterative development process, and several approaches to the object-oriented development process. Processes pertinent to the improvement of the development process, such as the Cleanroom methodology and the defect prevention process, are also described.

In the last part of the chapter we shift our discussion from specific development processes to the evaluation of ...

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