The V-Model is Dead. Long Live the V-Model!
A V-model documents relationships between information, and does not restrict the sequence of creation of information. People who thought that a V-model is not useful or necessary are often dissatisfied with restrictions that they themselves have added to a V-model, rather than the original intention and essence of a V-model. Some people think of a waterfall model when a V-model is mentioned. And it seems that most people have not read the original article, from which the waterfall model was extracted, from Dr. Winston W. Royce which warns against the simplistic one way step-by-step development with no iterations. Dr. Royce in his article MANAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS highly recommends an iterative and incremental approach.A V-model represents graphically; ownership of and relationships between information. A V-model is a static model and does not restrict sequence of creation of artefacts.
The V-model is state-of-the-art.
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