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Chapter 12
Introduction to
Software Processes
Objectives
e software engineering discipline studies successful projects of the past and uses
this experience as a recommendation for future projects. An accumulated expe-
rience with software processes is the core of software engineering. e iterative
processes of software evolution and servicing play a prominent role, and one of
them—the solo iterative process (SIP)—is explained in this chapter.
After you have read this chapter, you will know:
◾ e granularities and forms of software processes
◾ e solo iterative process (SIP)
◾ e two main work products and three main loops of SIP
◾ e enactmen ...