Talk:Waterfall model/Archives/2016

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I still think it would be good to have a remark in the beginning that the waterfall model is the methodology which was used in softwre development before there was much debate on different methodologies. That is why I inserted a small remark some weeks ago ("It was the first and only wide spread software development process in the 1970ies before Agile software development came in the 2000 decade."). This insertion was reverted by WalterGörlitz, so the gap is open again, I think.

I have looked up what was our "Bible of software methodology" at that time: Schnupp, Peter / Christiane Floyd: Software. Programmentwicklung und Projektorganisation. Publishing company: Berlin de Gruyter, (1976), ISBN 10: 3110059533 ISBN 13: 9783110059533.

Basically, you see the phases of the waterfall model there, but not the name "waterfall model". There was no need for a name of the methodology, as it was the only one, besides "naive development"; in much the same way as a steam locomotive was simply called a locomotive before electric or diesel locomotive existed. (MatEngel (talk) 15:57, 20 October 2014 (UTC))

I disagree completely that Waterfall is used in the software development. The software industry borrowed the method from other industries (in the 70's) that still use this approach. This statement is inaccurate and misleading. Almost all industries use a form of Waterfall (for non-Agile projects) for a great range of project types. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.57.142 (talk) 13:29, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't understand. You start by saying that you "disagree completely" that waterfall is used in software development, yet your next statements you stated that it borrowed the method. So is it used in software development or not? What is it that you object to? Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

May want to edit the first paragraph's statement that Waterfall is still "dominant" given that a third of development organizations are still using it. That seems contradictory to me - what are the other 2/3 doing?67.186.133.23 (talk) 21:51, 30 October 2016 (UTC)Lisa Adams

I suppose it depends on the number of employees in the companies. If 1000 small companies, all under ten employees, are using it, while a few companies with thousands of employees are using waterfall, you can see the issue. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:57, 31 October 2016 (UTC)