alt Hacker NewsWasn't the whole waterfall model originally a caricature to higlight all the issues one will inevitably encounter if they eliminate feedback loops and go with a strictly sequential development paradigm?
Wasn't the whole waterfall model originally a caricature to higlight all the issues one will inevitably encounter if they eliminate feedback loops and go with a strictly sequential development paradigm?
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Yes, that would be the first paper I linked to in the article, "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems" (Royce, 1970).
The first diagram is the classic waterfall diagram, used there for illustrative purposes as an example of what not to do.
Highly recommend it to people - it's short but a real breathe of fresh air. Mostly still applicable today.