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4.6 Schedule versus Effort

In the waterfall model, each subprocess in software development strictly follows the

preceding subprocess. e subsequent subprocess always starts after the preceding

subprocess ends. at is why we tackle the design phase after the requirements phase

has been completed, the coding phase after the design phase has been completed,

and so on. So, in the waterfall model, the schedule is always equal to the effort for

the project. Accordingly the software test processes also follow the strict regime that

is followed by the development and design processes (see Figure 4.2).

In agile develop ...