Evolutionary Delivery
Evolutionary delivery is a lifecycle model that straddles the ground between evolutionary prototyping and staged delivery. You develop a version of your product, show it to your customer, and refine the product based on customer feedback. How much evolutionary delivery looks like evolutionary prototyping really depends on the extent to which you plan to accommodate customer requests. If you plan to accommodate most requests, evolutionary delivery will look a lot like evolutionary prototyping. If you plan to accommodate few change requests, evolutionary delivery will look a lot like staged delivery. Figure 7-11 illustrates how the process works.
Figure 7-11. The evolutionary-delivery model. This model draws from the control ...
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