University of California, Davis

Application Development Methodology

Rapid Application Development (RAD)

First Applications

When the organization is ready for its first development effort using new techniques, it should choose applications that fit comfortably within the capabilities of the toolset and that can be completed by one small, skilled Construction Team in about three months. Within these constraints, the applications should be appropriately complex, about 500 to 1,000 function points. The purpose of the first projects is not only to build systems, but to demonstrate that the chosen development path works well.




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