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You've just highlighted everything wrong with the waterfall method, and the SDLC for that matter. You said it yourself: Most developers don't know how to perfo
by run4yourlives 18y ago
You've just highlighted everything wrong with the waterfall method, and the SDLC for that matter.
You said it yourself: Most developers don't know how to perform the level of front loaded analysis required for a successful SDLC project. Ergo, "most" waterfall methods fail miserably. The method is out of sync with how humans work.
When your process boils down to creating a team so elite that they would succeed regardless, it's not much of a process.
- edw519 18y agoThe method is out of sync with how humans work. Wrong. The method works perfectly when done properly. Because it's perfectly in sync with how humans work. So why don't most people know how? 2 possible reasons: - All we really have to do is stay one step ahead of the users. So we don't have to be very good. - The field is so young we still don't have adequate well-established standards and procedures. Imagine "release early and often" as the standards for law, medicine, or bridge building. I've heard this argument too many times from people who have never done it right so they think it can't be done.
- run4yourlives 18y agoYour argument is contradictory and therefore self-defeating. If the method was in sync with normal work patterns, we wouldn't be having this discussion.