Even with Agile and Scrum waterfall will sneak in

Re:Even with Agile and Scrum waterfall will sneak in by zoomablemind on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:28AM (#29458891)

>...And then you put out a piece of software that's already outdated and doesn't do what the customer wanted or needed.

Or software that was built on outdated foundations, like frameworks and providers which may have been "in-vogue" at the product conception, but deflated or advanced into maintenance-only stage by the product release.

Let's not forget that the competition is not sleeping meanwhile, so Waterfall is equally capable of pushing out half-cooked products just to be ahead or to meet obligations/expectations.

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Re:Even with Agile and Scrum waterfall will sneak in by theshrike79 on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:57AM (#29459146)

Exactly. I've seen this in military contracts where the rules are REALLY strict (and ancient).

Everyone on the project knows at one point that the resulting product will be outdated and useless, but neither side can call it quits. The one making the product needs to finish or they won't get paid, the one ordering said product can't cancel the project or they'll get sanctions according to the contract.

So they just go through the motions and produce something that'll never get used and is put straight into the bin.

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