Introduction
Iterative development is a skillful approach to software development, and lies at the heart of how OOA/D is presented in this book. The Unified Process is an example iterative process for projects using OOA/D, and it shapes the book's presentation. Consequently, it is useful to read this chapter so that these core concepts and their influence on the book's structure are clear.
This chapter summarizes a few key ideas; please see Chapter 37 for further discussion of the UP and iterative process practices.
Informally, a software development process describes an approach to building, deploying, and possibly maintaining software. The Unified Process [JBR99] has emerged as a popular software development process for building object-oriented ...
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