The incremental development process in Cleanroom software engineering

A mechanism to assess the relationship between socio-technical congruence and project performance in incremental model

“…Increment advantage is that in each cycle, client can provide feedback which help identify and resolve risk in advance [42]. Although the models have their own strengths and weaknesses, incremental model has the advantages of other models without their drawbacks [8]. For instance, risks are scattered between increments which makes it easier to overcome, this in contrast with, waterfall model which aggregates risk on its single iteration [43].…”

“…Incremental model is a model where requirement are broken into parts and developed in each increment cycle where the first cycle starts with minimal part, then the others part is added in the next cycles. Each requirement will go through complete cycle from gathering requirement, design and develop, until implementation [8]. Increment advantage is that in each cycle, client can provide feedback which help identify and resolve risk in advance [42].…”

“…For instance, risks are scattered between increments which makes it easier to overcome, this in contrast with, waterfall model which aggregates risk on its single iteration [43]. As well as spiral model, incremental model also emphasizes on risk management and process flexibility [8]. Moreover, increment enable developers to work parallel in cycles that overlap where this will minimize cost and time development risk [43].…”

“…This is due to the fast change of global interdependencies which require organizations to prepare more flexible method in order to manage activities [11]. To narrow the definition of coordination, it can also be defined as managing dependencies [8][9]. Obviously, coordination exist when there is interdependence among actors [12].…”

“…This may suggest the coordination needs in each software development life cycle is different. Incremental model especially as it is a model where the system is decomposed (increment) into parts, coordination between developers and the client is indeed vital to improving project productivity [8][9]. Little is discovered on how STC relates task performance in software development lifecycle, particularly in incremental model.…”