A comparison of software cost, duration, and quality for waterfall vs. iterative and incremental development: A systematic review

• Published in: 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement pp. 511 - 515
• Main Authors: Mitchell, S.M., Seaman, C.B.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Costs; Iterative methods; Maintenance; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software quality

The objective of this study is to present a body of evidence that will assist software project managers to make informed choices about software development approaches for their projects. In particular, two broadly defined competing approaches, the traditional ldquowaterfallrdquo approach and iterati...