Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Swarm Modeling

[gepr]

David H. Clements writes:
 > I am putting together a tutorial that takes people through the process  
 > of model design and implementation using Swarm and I was wondering what  
 > people used as their software development methodology?
 > 
 > The one that I have seen the most is a variant on the rapid prototyping  
 > and waterfall paradigms, which looks something like this:
 > 
 > Concept->Requirements<->Specification<->Design<->Implementation/Rapid- 
 > Prototype<->Data Collection<->Data Analysis<->Testing/Sanity Check  
 > (this also connects back to requirements)->Final Analysis.

I use something more like:

Concept<->Use-Cases<->Data-requirements<->Test-cases<->Requirements<->
Design<->Implementation<->Testing<->Re-factoring<->Testing<->Experimentation
<->Data-Coll/Analysis<->Iterate.

Ultimately, the process you use should be enlightened by (if not
dictated by) the domain you're working in.  I'm currently working with
scientists; so, the above works well.  If I were in a business
context, I would use something more like the RUP (or in some
circumstances like XP).

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