The Myth of the 'Waterfall' SDLC
The Myth of the 'Waterfall' SDLC This is admittedly my interpretation, but I have tried to provide links to all of the source material I have used so that you can do your own research if you don't agree with my conclusions. Several years ago, my employer started making efforts to formally adopt some Agile processes (Scrum at the time, DAD currently) for some project types. Wanting to educate myself more I started doing Google searches and reading what material I could find.
- ▪The Myth of the 'Waterfall' SDLC This is admittedly my interpretation, but I have tried to provide links to all of the source material I have used so that you can do your own research if you don't agree with my conclusions.
- ▪Several years ago, my employer started making efforts to formally adopt some Agile processes (Scrum at the time, DAD currently) for some project types.
- ▪Wanting to educate myself more I started doing Google searches and reading what material I could find.
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:59:00 +0000 |
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The Myth of the 'Waterfall' SDLC This is admittedly my interpretation, but I have tried to provide links to all of the source material I have used so that you can do your own research if you don't agree with my conclusions. Also known as: Phased Development, Plan-Driven Development, Specification-Driven Development, Cascade Model Introduction This is the 5th major version of this wiki article, and I thought it might be useful to provide a bit of introduction as to why I have written (and occasionally update) such a long article about a ‘discredited’ methodology like Waterfall. Several years ago, my employer started making efforts to formally adopt some Agile processes (Scrum at the time, DAD currently) for some project types.
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