Ashley at Metamaxim wrote: > Dan Creswell wrote: > > > I suspect it's because waterfall isn't really a process at all rather > > just the name we give to the default behaviour of most development teams > > which is chaotic, undisciplined etc. > > In my experience, waterfall processes are normally associated with > heavy, "high ceremony", methodologies. These are often heavy on process, > with process description binders that occupy several feet of shelf > space. However they are rigid, lack the ability to deliver > incrementally, adapt to circumstances or react to change. If anything, I > think they were too disciplined. >
Well it's all subjective but: My experience says that the process description binders exist on the shelves but no-one follows the process documented within those folders and instead they follow no process at all. Thus you have the appearance of disciplined but in reality it's the opposite. > My experience is that a waterfall mentality is still common in > organisations that contract out development to external suppliers, > because of the the need to organise the develop around well defined > contracts (sometimes fixed price) and because of lack of integration > between the customer and supplier organisations. > I see the waterfall mentality in companies that don't contract out at all. They simply want to treat software development like a black box and assume that one follows a big fixed process to meet the fixed demands of the rest of the business such as: "You _must_ delivery _all_ functionality for this date" Best, Dan. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
