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- From: kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitus Duo)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: What is Software Engineering
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.090949.8715@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 09:09:49 EST
- References: <1992Aug12.065800.14202@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> <Bsz991.Knr@cmptrc.lonestar.org> <1992Aug17.013339.27319@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> <1992Aug17.061725.10802@sei.cmu.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug17.061725.10802@sei.cmu.edu>, goodsenj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (John Goodsen) writes:
- [...]
- >
- > The above discussion is premised upon a more classical (outdated)
- > software development lifecycle based upon or similar to the waterfall
- > model, which has been shown over and over again to be a totally
- > innappropriate model of software development reality.
- [...]
- I recommend that everyone read Royce's paper on the waterfall model. The
- common misunderstanding, and what he recommended in the paper are totally
- different. The reference: Managing the Development of Large Software Systems,
- Winston Royce, IEEE WESCON, 1970, pages 1-9.
-
- I believe that I have stated this before but will do so again. At some scale,
- every software development process looks like a waterfall. The "classical"
- waterfall looks like the ETVX model (Entry, Task, Validate, eXit). Even
- assembling a prototype takes some planning, even though it may be minutes
- rather than months.
-
- Less focus on the model_of_the_month club and more focus on the similarities
- between them and the contained tasks would help us get our jobs done.
-
- I personally prefer the Monty Python "Confuse-a-cat" model for planning
- purposes. You never get any questions about where you are at.
-
- George X. Kambic
- standard evolutionary revolutionary chaotic sprial waterfall disclaimer
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