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"The Waterfall Methodology is not a thing and only seems to be used as a "straw man" foil." Waterfall is a 'thing' because it existed long before software or c
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
"The Waterfall Methodology is not a thing and only seems to be used as a "straw man" foil."
Waterfall is a 'thing' because it existed long before software or computers.
I view it as essentially the most obvious form of project management, which is simply a phased approach to solving a problem: gather requirements, plan, design, do, test, fix problems etc..
- acdha 8y agoI think that’s the core problem, too: it works fine for well-defined needs in mature categories — things like buying printers or renting office space, where all of the options are usually capable of doing the job to at least a basic level. Large organizations have tons of experience muddling through that process and it’s tempting to think that software is similar, especially because many vendors are will to perjure themselves saying so. The problem was accepting that custom software doesn’t work in the same way and reconciling the huge differences in how much customization people request versus what they are willing to pay.