Incremenental Development

Definition

Incremenental development is a common technique whereby work products are produced incrementally, an increment of a few elements at a time.

Discussion

Many of the most important work products (e.g., applications, components, requirements specifications) are too big and complex to be produced all at once in a big bang manner. Such an approach takes so long that by the time the work product is produced, parts of it are obsolete.

Objectives

The typical objectives of incremenental development are to:

• Produce one or more related workproducts in an incremental manner.
• Manage the development of work products that are too large or complex to be optimally produced using a big bang approach.

Preconditions

Incremenental Development can typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• Work products to be produced are large and complex enough that incremental development is

Completion Criteria

Incremenental Development is typically complete if the following postconditions hold:

• The large and complex work products are completed and delivered.

Steps

During incremenental development, various rolls typically perform the following steps:

• TBD

Work Products

Incremenental development typically results in the following work products:

• All large and complex work products.

Limitations

Incremenental development is typically subject to the following limitations:

• Incremental development requires the use of incremental development cycles that have different phases and milestones than the traditional “waterfall” development cycle.

Guidelines

• TBD