Research on Basic Strategies of Constituting Software Development Method

In the software methodology, the structure of the software development method is a worthy issue. After studying the structure of software development method, a rule is found. The rule is that every software development method is formed from the basic strategies of development software. Discussed the content of the familiar some basic strategy, these basic strategies are: (1) according to linear order, stages development, (2)iterative development, step-by-step perfection, (3)split up, divide and conquer, (4)reuse, component assembling. The problems of application of the basic strategies are discussed. An application is to build new software development methods, and the other application is to formulate the development program of definite issues. Keywords-software methodology;software development;basic strategy