Chapter 19. The Iterative SDPM Planning Phase

You can never plan the future by the past.

—Edmund Burke English statesman, orator, and writer

Chapter Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will:

  • Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall model

  • Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model

  • Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model

  • Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method

This is the first of three SDPM Strategies where the planning phase focuses on projects for which the features are not completely known (Iterative SDPM strategy); or the features and functions are not completely known (Adaptive SDPM strategy); or the features, functions, and goal are not completely known (Extreme SDPM strategy). You can take several approaches to these three situations. In this chapter, I discuss the Planning Phase of four different iterative models: the Evolutionary Development Waterfall model, SCRUM, the Rational Unified Process, and the Dynamic Systems Development Method.

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