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SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE 2

SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS


6. Spiral Model
 The spiral shape is a way to visualize the way development
should occur under this methodology; it should loop until the
end of the project when all of the client's requirements are
addressed.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
 There are four(4) main phases in the Spiral Model.
1. Planning
2. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
3. Development
4. Review and Evaluation
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
1. Planning
 This is where communication with the customer occurs to
ensure that the requirements are understood by the
development team. The development team will then take
this requirement information and create a general
development plan that addresses basic concerns such as
the technologies that should be used, the delegation of
tasks, and budgetary and time guidelines.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
2. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
 The developers work together to discuss the potential risks
associated with this project. They also develop possible
solutions to these risks. By the end of this phase, a
prototype is created. The prototype serves as a basic
model for the finalized software. By creating a prototype
that can be shown to the customer, the development team is
further mitigating risks and can gain either approval or
disapproval from the client for the current design.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
3. Development
 During this phase, actual software is produced. The software
engineers will take the feedback they received from the
prototype and create software that fulfills the customer's
requirements.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
4. Review and Evaluation
 The team will test the software they created. After the
software has been tested and generally approved by the
team, the customer reviews the resulting product. The
customer's feedback from this phase is used to determine
the Planning and Risk Analysis and Mitigation phases of
the next round. However, if the customer indicates during this
fourth phase that the product is completed to their
standards, then the development cycle is complete.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
Advantages:
1. It has risk analysis. This can prevent major issues in the
development phase.
2. It has rapid prototyping. This can serve as a great guide for
the software team and the client alike; they are able to see
what they would and would not like to see in the final
product.
3. Software is produced early in the life cycle of the Spiral
Model. This means that there is faster feedback from clients,
and software architecture can be changed more easily.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
Advantages:
4. There is a vast amount of project monitoring. Many
developers like to jump in and start coding straight
away. However, the Spiral Model has software
engineers take a step back and really consider
potential risks in different approaches and analyze
different software architectures that could be utilized.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
Disadvantages:
1. Spiral Model can be an expensive methodology to
follow. This is because prototypes and deliverables
have to be made often for the client. This takes
additional time, and it also takes time away from
actually developing the product the client wants to see.
SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE MODELS
6. Spiral Model
Disadvantages:
2. Development team has to be knowledgeable enough to
recognize and fix risks beforehand. If the team is
working with a new technology, they may not be aware
of potential risks and rush into the project in spite of the
protective measures the Spiral Model takes against
risks.
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the
training of the mind to think.”
Albert Einstein

END OF LECTURE

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