Remember that the workflow of each iteration contains the activities of requirements elicitation and analysis, of design and implementation, and of integration and test, not necessarily in this order. But from one iteration to the next and from one phase to the next , the emphasis on the various activities changes. Figure 4-7 shows the relative emphasis of the various types of activities over time. If you look at a cross-section of the activities in the middle of each phase, you will notice a number of things:
Figure 4-7. Importance of activities across one development cycle
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