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Introduction

In a sequential methodology, informally known as the waterfall, the analysis phase comes first, then the design phase, followed by the implementation phase, and finally by the testing phase. The team that does each phase may be different, and there may be a management decision point at each phase transition. See Figure 3.1 on page [*].


  
Figure 3.1: A Sequential Methodology
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Ronald LeRoi Burback
1998-12-14