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> But waterfall itself was a straw man I disagree. I've been in many projects which looked exactly like the stereotypical waterfall, with the expected results
by The_Colonel 3y ago
> But waterfall itself was a straw man
I disagree. I've been in many projects which looked exactly like the stereotypical waterfall, with the expected results (delays, death marches).
- Illotus 3y agoOriginally in the W. Royce article from the 70s it was a strawman put up by Royce. He then went on to define much more reasonable iterative model. Unfortunately the strawman was what started getting traction.
- doctor_eval 3y agoYou misunderstand, the idealised waterfall model was literally presented as a straw man. The horror is that it got picked up as a legitimate SDLC. Hence your exposure to it. It’s almost like they saw the pictures and didn’t read the words.
- marcosdumay 3y agoYes, the person that invented the name couldn't possibly imagine anybody was stupid enough to practice that thing he described. At the same time, that process he described was the standard procedure for government and any large corporation contracts.