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Diagram: incremental development

publish date: 2026/05/29 08:22:38.693668 UTC

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The following diagram illustrates incremental development.

What does this diagram emphasize about incremental development?

The system evolves through multiple intermediate versions before the final version.

All functionality is delivered in a single step.

The process eliminates the need for any specification.

Only validation is repeated; specification and development are done once.

The system evolves through multiple intermediate versions before the final version.

The diagram shows that incremental development produces intermediate versions, each adding functionality, before reaching the final system.

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition