SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MODELS
A development life cycle for a software product involves capturing the initial requirements from the customer, expanding on these to provide the detail required for code production, writing the code and testing the product, ready for release.
A simple development model is shown in Figure 2.1. This is known traditionally as the waterfall model.
Figure 2.1 Waterfall model
The waterfall model in Figure 2.1 shows the steps in sequence where the customer requirements are progressively refined to the point where coding can take place. This type of model is often referred to as a linear or sequential model. Each work-product ...
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