21.2. From Iteration 1 to 2

When iteration 1 ends, the following should be accomplished:

  • All the software has been vigorously tested: unit, acceptance, load, usability, and so on. The idea in the UP is to do early, realistic, and continuous verification of quality and correctness, so that early feedback guides the developers to adapt and improve the system, finding its “true path.”

  • Customers have been regularly engaged in evaluating the partial system, to obtain feedback for adaptation and clarification of requirements. And the customers get to see early visible progress with the system.

  • The system, across all subsystems, has been completely integrated and stabilized as a baselined internal release.

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