The opportunistic approach

… is what occurs when an organization does not follow good engineering practices.

• It does not acknowledge the importance of working out the requirements and the design before implementing a system.
• The design of software deteriorates faster if it is not well designed.
• Since there are no plans, there is nothing to aim towards.
• There is no explicit recognition of the need for systematic testing and other forms of quality assurance.
• The above problems make the cost of developing and maintaining software very high.

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