Heuristics for iterative software development

Author

Sotirovski, Drasko

Author_Institution

Raytheon Syst. Canada Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada

Volume

18

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

73

Abstract

The author discusses the foundation principles of iterative software development. He goes on to examine a set of heuristics that he has found useful when applying iterative development methods to define the contents of subsequent increments. Understanding the heuristics helps provide vision and focus, which is essential when building complex systems. All the examples share the same domain, that of an advanced air traffic control (ATC) system, admittedly simplified to illustrate the points for an audience that might not be familiar with the ATC domain. The choice is not accidental. Designers successfully used incremental development, and the heuristics described, to build the Canadian Automated Air Traffic System, probably the most advanced system of its kind

Keywords

air traffic control; heuristic programming; software prototyping; ATC domain; ATC system; Canadian Automated Air Traffic System; advanced air traffic control; advanced system; complex systems; foundation principles; incremental development; iterative development methods; iterative software development heuristics; Assembly; Buildings; Ear; History; Iterative methods; Programming; Software engineering; Spirals; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.922728

Filename

922728