spiral model
<programming> A software life-cycle model which supposes incremental
development, using the waterfall model for each step, with the aim of managing
risk. In the spiral model, developers define and implement features in order of
decreasing priority.
[Barry Boehm, "A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement", ACM
SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, August 1986].
[Barry Boehm "A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement" IEEE
Computer, vol.21, #5, May 1988, pp 61-72].
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(1997-11-23)
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