Comparison Between Models
Comparison Between Models
Properties of Incremental
Water-Fall Model Spiral Model Rad Model
Model Model
Planning in early
Yes Yes Yes No
stage
Returning to an
No Yes Yes Yes
earlier phase
Handle Large- Not
Not Appropriate Not Appropriate Appropriate
Project Appropriate
Comparison Between Models
Properties of Water-Fall Incremental
Spiral Model Rad Model
Model Model Model
Detailed
Yes but not
Documentatio Necessary Yes Limited
much
n
Cost Low Low Expensive Low
Requirement
Beginning Beginning Beginning Time boxed release
Specifications
Flexibility to
Difficult Easy Easy Easy
change
User Only at Only at the
Intermediate High
Involvement beginning beginning
Comparison Between Models
Properties of Water-Fall Incremental
Spiral Model Rad Model
Model Model Model
Duration Long Very long Long Short
Risk Medium to high
High Low Low
Involvement risk
Framework Linear + Linear +
Linear Linear
Type Iterative Iterative
After At the end of After
After every
Testing completion of the engineering completion of
iteration
coding phase phase coding
Comparison Between Models
Properties of Water-Fall Incremental
Spiral Model Rad Model
Model Model Model
Least Easily
Maintenance Maintainable Yes
Maintainable Maintainable
Re-usability Least possible To some extent To some extent Yes
Time-Frame Very Long Long Long Short
Working
At the end of At the end of At the end of At the end of
software
the life-cycle every iteration every iteration the life cycle
availability
Rapid Rapid
Objective High Assurance High Assurance
Development development
Comparison Between Models
Properties of Incremental
Water-Fall Model Spiral Model Rad Model
Model Model
Yes (As parallel
Overlapping
No development is No Yes
Phases
there)
Team size Large Team Not Large Team Large Team Small Team
Customer
control over Very Low Yes Yes Yes
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