NetDynamics Case

Software Development Life Cycle Models

Of the many life cycles which characters software development, several are appropriate to understand the situation at Spider Technologies. These include the code and fix model, the waterfall model, the prototyping model and the timebox model. The code and fix model is used by many start-up companies which assume that everyone in the organization (which may only be a few people) understands the goal of the company and that formal development procedures a

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a limited amount of time be used to develop the critical features of a product, and that the time limit determines the definition of the product. When the time limit is reached, no new features are added to that version. Instead, additional features may be incorporated into future versions of the release. The advantage of the timebox model is that it prevents software engineers from "engineering" a project forever, and forces the company to release products in a reasonable timeframe. The disadvantage of this model is that critical success features might be left out of a version which hampers its ability to perform in the market and which limits the market's willingness to invest in future versions of the product. Net Dynamics 2.0 Net Dynamics 2.0 was beset with problems from the beginning of its development. The goal was to create a version of the successful Net Dynamics product for both the UNIX and NT operating systems; currently, Net Dynamics runs only on the UNIX operating system. Design work for the new version was begun in December 1995; the goal was to have a product ready in three months (an example of the timebox model being put into place). The team which developed Net Dynamics 2.0 included three new hires, incl
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