Is Waterfall disappear and Agile will take over? OR some organization still be Waterfall? Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The problem whit this statement is: waterfall and Agile are two totally different things. Agile is an approach while waterfall is a life cycle. You can apply Agile using waterfall life cycles. Saving Changes...
Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
I think your question is really about predictive versus adaptive approaches. Both are important. Specifically in the field of software projects the adaptive (agile) approaches dominate and it seems likely that trend will continue for the foreseeable future. For other kinds of work the predictive methods remain relevant. Saving Changes...
Anton said it best: "No". Certain projects lend themselves to predictive life cycle approaches, others to adaptive. An agile mindset can be applied to either life cycle approach.
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Absolutely not.
I was running my first sub-project in an agile waterfall approach 1984-85, quite successfully.
As with many things, agile and waterfall are not opposites but concepts that may very well go together.
If you are stuck with opposites, you should change perspectives (also called reframing, another tool for a project manager). Saving Changes...
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