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Has any software or creative company ever actually adopted "waterfall"? It seems like a straw man used to criticize inefficient processes and promote Agile, but
by ravenstine 7y ago
Has any software or creative company ever actually adopted "waterfall"? It seems like a straw man used to criticize inefficient processes and promote Agile, but has it ever been implemented in the way that it's described?
More importantly, is there any actual evidence that Agile is works better than alternatives?
- cglong 7y agoI was on a team at Microsoft that was strictly Waterfall; our business reps wanted to release functionality in six month cycles, so Waterfall was a good fit. We eventually moved to Lean (a type of Agile) which worked well with this six-month requirement. It gave engineers the ability to work on different pieces and in whatever order they pleased, as long as everything landed in the six-month block.
- stcredzero 7y agoHas any software or creative company ever actually adopted "waterfall"? Yes. My last company was squarely "Waterfall" (though it wasn't called that) and is moving to "Agile."
- jiveturkey 7y ago> Has any software or creative company ever actually adopted "waterfall"? Yes, plenty. I once worked at a CMM level 4 company. Network hardware vendor, before the days that FPGA was really useful. You had to get your shit right, the first time.