“The stagewise and waterfall models.”

— Barry Boehm

As early as 1956, experience on large software systems such as the Semi-Automated Ground Environment (SAGE) had led to the recognition of these problems and to the development of a stagewise model to address them.
Source: A spiral model of software development and enhancement. (1988), p. 63

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