%0 Journal Article %J Computer %D 2003 %T Iterative and incremental developments. a brief history %A Larman,C. %A Basili, Victor R. %K agile %K and %K developments;iterative %K engineering; %K engineering;software %K enhancement;software %K incremental %K methods;iterative %K system;history;software %X Although many view iterative and incremental development as a modern practice, its application dates as far back as the mid-1950s. Prominent software-engineering thought leaders from each succeeding decade supported IID practices, and many large projects used them successfully. These practices may have differed in their details, but all had a common theme-to avoid a single-pass sequential, document-driven, gated-step approach. %B Computer %V 36 %P 47 - 56 %8 2003/06// %@ 0018-9162 %G eng %N 6 %R 10.1109/MC.2003.1204375