RE: Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

Heather Anderson said: 

> 
> I've worked with several different SDLCs in my time from the 
> regular Waterfall to the U shaped, to specific ones that 
> companies create on their own.
> 
> Most of the ones that I worked with didn't do much for the 
> documentation side, though having requirements fleshed out 
> before the actual system development began did a lot of 
> wonders for the system actually working at the end.  :-)


While I applaud the system "actually working at the end", 
'cuz it keeps me and my cow-orkers employed... I'm usually 
more interested in the system working a little _before_ 
the end, so that I can see/feel/smell a working sample, 
to verify all the lies I've been telling, based on specs 
and partial samples, etc.

In other words, I like to catch my own "whoops!" moments 
before they are snagged (embarrassingly) by SQA, or 
(crushingly) by customers.  For that, I need time with 
the working product. 

 - Kevin 




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