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Lifecycle phases of the Rational Unified Process




The RUP lifecycle is an implementation of the spiral model. It has been created by assembling the content elements into semi-ordered sequences. Consequently the RUP lifecycle is available as a work breakdown structure, which could be customized to address the specific needs of a project. The RUP lifecycle organizes the tasks into phases and iterations.

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Details of Iterative Software Development




Iterative software development is based on developing a software system incrementally. This allows the people involved to learn from learnings of the previous steps. With each iteration, more subsets of the overall specification are developed, and clarity in specifications and design from previous iterations are plugged in. This way, the system moves towards being closer [...]



Iterative Development Model




Iterative software development became more prominent to overcome the weaknesses of the waterfall development process, namely the issues related to inability to incorporate changes at a later date, as well as the fact that in most client driven requirements, having all the requirements complete in the beginning is not realistic in a number of cases. [...]