Chapter 12
Development Methodology Overview
Limitations of Life-Cycle Development
In Section 2, “Waterfall Testing Review,” the waterfall development methodology was reviewed along with the associated testing activities. The life-cycle development methodology consists of distinct phases from requirements to coding. Life-cycle testing means that testing occurs in parallel with the development life cycle and is a continuous process. Although the life-cycle or waterfall development is very effective for many large applications requiring a lot of computer horsepower, for example, DOD, financial, security-based, and so on, it has a number of shortcomings:
■ The end users of the system are only involved at the very beginning and the very end of ...
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