Originally posted by Fintan Conway:
Another benefit is the user feedback at the end of each stage.
Personally, I would like user/customer-feedback much more often than after every phase. Preferably at least every couple of weeks, at the end of an iteration. You could do this without having the phases, so it seems to me...
E.g. At the end of the inception phase the user can tell you if the requirements define the system that they want.
I think I don't fully understand - isn't it the user/customer who is *specifying* the requirements?
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