This chapter describes a spiral model of software development and enhancement. The spiral model of the software process has been evolving for several years, based on experience with various refinements of the waterfall model as applied to large government software projects.

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A short description is given of software process models and the issues they address. An outline is given of the process steps involved in the spiral model, an evolving risk-driven approach that provides a framework for guiding the software process, and its application to a software project is shown. A summary is given of the primary advantages and implications involved in using the spiral model and the primary difficulties in using it at its current incomplete level of elaboration.

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1. A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement

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