The waterfall model

The classic way of looking at S.E. that accounts for the importance of requirements, design and quality assurance.

• The model suggests that software engineers should work in a series of stages.
• Before completing each stage, they should perform quality assurance (verification and validation).
• The waterfall model also recognizes, to a limited extent, that you sometimes have to step back to earlier stages.

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