Computer Science / Unit 9 CS 0475 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Prescriptive Family
Captions available
The idea
A prescriptive process model advocates an orderly approach — a prescribed set of activities followed in a continuous manner — with waterfall, prototyping, spiral, and unified processes as the traditional members.
In practice
A bank's regulated build may welcome exactly this orderliness.
Where people slip
Prescription is a fit for some settings, not a fossil.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Computer Science