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History of the Waterfall Model !!!

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Topic: History of the Waterfall Model !!!
Posted By: tanushree
Subject: History of the Waterfall Model !!!
Date Posted: 11Oct2007 at 12:14am
History of the Waterfall Model

In 1970 Royce proposed what is now popularly referred to as the waterfall model as an initial concept, a model which he argued was flawed (Royce 1970). His paper then explored how the initial model could be developed into an iterative model, with feedback from each phase influencing previous phases, similar to many methods used widely and highly regarded by many today.

Despite Royce's intentions for the waterfall model to be modified into an iterative model, use of the "waterfall model" as a purely sequential process is still popular, and, for some, the phrase "waterfall model" has since come to refer to any approach to software creation which is seen as inflexible and non-iterative.



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