iterativedevelopment | Heartandmindmanagement

Iterative Development Model
Functionality or components are gradually developed through several loops/cycles. Each loop or cycle results in a more complete version of the product, gradually converging to the final product. This approach emphasises adaptability and the early delivery of a working product.

- Iterative development (usually performed in
Projects)

- You appoint a project leader to run the project and a steering group to
steer it.
- The steering group is cross functional and there to support the project
(they are often managers with line responsibilities but in the
steeringgroup they are there for the project)

- Iterative development is regarded as a top down method

- The project leader prioritise what are the most important requirements,
functionality or components to develop first, concentrate on them and let
the rest be.

- Evaluate on the working product, service, education, production… and
debug (the total functionality of the to be product is not there yet but it
works)

- Start a new iteration by prioritising most important requirements,
functionality or parts to develop and you start a new development loop

- This way of development is used a lot in the softwear industry.

- After a number of iterations, the to be product has the full functionality
and meets all the requirements and you can start to produce.