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"Waterfall" has become a straw man, to the extent that an article merely arguing that X is better than waterfall is wasting time that could be better spent on s
by mannykannot 3y ago
"Waterfall" has become a straw man, to the extent that an article merely arguing that X is better than waterfall is wasting time that could be better spent on saying what X gets right.
Similarly, arguing over what "waterfall" really means is just so much flogging of a dead horse.
- convolvatron 3y agoanother over-arching observation here is - how is it that we decided that there was going to be one set of process rules that was going to make us an effective organization. if we just ... use a 5 day development cycle, and a team meeting on Thursdays, and estimate tasks using a 5 level system and readjust on Tuesday then all our problems are going to go away. some process is necessary, but its not the heart of the matter
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- randomdata 3y ago> "Waterfall" has become a straw man It was always intended to be. Royce told that it was risky and invited failure and that organizations should include things like iterative processes to hedge against those risks. Basically, it was created to use as an example of what not to do.