Hi Samuel Ofori Odjelua, Project is a temporary endeavor that delivers specific product and service within an estimated time. Suppose, Project has very well defined steps or phases like the construction of a house, a bridge, and a plant. These projects have different stages in sequence like a feasibility study, architecture design, government approvals, construction, post-construction activities like the inspection, hand over to their stakeholders. Few software projects execute different stages like analysis, system design, implementation, and release.
Waterfall model well suitable for the projects in which scope defined clearly and less deviation.
Suppose, there is uncertainty in the scope and continuous feedback required then we can consider different agile practices based on resource capability, project use cases Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
First thing to understand: something project does not exists. Waterfall project does not exist. Let me explain: you have life cycle models (predictive and adaptative), you have life cycle process based on those models (sequential, waterfall, iterative, incremental, spiral, etc), you have methods based on those life cycle process (SDLC, V, SPIRAL, DSDM, Scrum (which is not a method, is a framework), etc), you have tools (any type) to support those methods. All these stuff have approaches in the basement (Lean, Agile, PMI, GPM, etc). So, you have to select and you can combine all these according to some factors continue in my next comment 2 Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
comment 2 To select what best fit for your solution (solution is product/service/result plus process to create it) is a matter that belongs to business analisys (to add some king of information) and started in the moment the idea started to be worked. You have to take into account the whole organization performing an activity named "Needs Analisys" (PMI) or "Strategy Analysis" (IIBA). Time ago a publish a paper that I guess it was useful due to was cited lot of times and was published as best practice by the PMI and the IIBA. Hope it helps to you (that was my intention when it was published) . I am usign it and in this case my actual work place has adopted it:
https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-pos...-right-solution Spanish: https://www.slideshare.net/contesl/como-ut...olucion-deseada Saving Changes...
Drake SettsuProject Manager / BloggerHi, United States
Samuel, you need to be flexible. Projects are falling into the hybrid approach to manage projects. Mix it up with Waterfall and Agile. It's all about tailoring the approach that the team will succeed with. Saving Changes...
A waterfall delivery approach is a deterministic one which means we try to define and predict as much as we can up front. It is also usually characterized by customer deliverables being produced and handed over at the very end.
The reality though is very few projects are 100% pure waterfall - most lie somewhere on the continuum of delivery approaches between deterministic and fully adaptive.
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SAMUEL ODJELUAMsc, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMD Pro 1&2| THE LANDS COMMISSION, ACCRA - GHANAAccra, Spintex, Ghana
I thank you Drake , Sergio, Kiron, Sergio and Komanduri for your wonderful addition to my knowledge. I am now clear on this "waterfall issue"! Thank you so much, i appreciate. Saving Changes...
