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Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History

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Victor R. BasiliAuthors Info & Claims

Computer, Volume 36, Issue 6

Pages 47 - 56

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2003.1204375

Published: 01 June 2003 Publication History

Abstract

Although many view iterative and incremental development as a modern practice, its application dates as far back as the mid-1950s. Prominent software-engineering thought leaders from each succeeding decade supported IID practices, and many large projects used them successfully. These practices may have differed in their details, but all had a common theme-- to avoid a single-pass sequential, document-driven, gated-step approach.

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Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Systems analysis and design
        Systems development
      2. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management

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