Design-to-Schedule
The design-to-schedule lifecycle model is similar to the staged-release lifecycle model in that you plan to develop the product in successive stages. The difference is that you don't necessarily know at the outset that you'll ever make it to the last release. You might have five stages planned—but only make it to the third stage because you have an immovable deadline. Figure 7-10 on the next page illustrates this lifecycle model.
This lifecycle model can be a viable strategy for ensuring that you have a product to release by a particular date. If you absolutely must have functioning software in time for a trade show, or by year's end, or by some other immovable date, this strategy guarantees that you will have something. This ...
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