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Rapid application development

Rapid application development (RAD), also called rapid application building (RAB), is both a general term for adaptive software development approaches, and the name for James Martin's method of rapid development. In general, RAD approaches to software development put less emphasis on planning and more emphasis on an adaptive process. Prototypes are often…

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Rapid application development → As, Barry Boehm, Boehm, Design Method, One, Plan-driven, Prototypes, RAD, Rapid, Software, SSADM, Structured Systems Analysis, The
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Rapid application development → In, Information Technology, James Martin, Martin's, RAD, Rational Unified Process, The
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Rapid application development → Challenges, Life Examples, ModelWhat, RAD Implementation, Working With The RAD

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