Guidelines to use the incremental commitment spiral model for developing quantum-classical systems

Quantum computing is the turning point that represents a revolution in software development that will make it possible to solve those problems unsolvable with classical computing. Just as in other milestones in the history of software development, such as the adoption of object-oriented systems, where new software development processes and new life cycles emerged, with the quantum computing revolution, a new life cycle for quantum and hybrid software systems is needed. Although there are some life cycle proposals for quantum software systems, most of them do not comprehensively address the specific needs of these systems. In this paper, a quantum life cycle proposal is presented adapted from the Incremental Commitment Spiral Model (ICSM) and an example of its use is presented.