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Waterfall is not iterative. That’s the whole point. You go over the waterfall once. If you’re iterating then, by definition, it’s not waterfall.
> you can certainly also complete a user analysis that produces requirements, which when fulfilled, solve the problem in its entirety for the user
This is almost always false, for any non-trivial project, within the usual commercial constraints of money and time.
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Waterfall is not iterative. That’s the whole point. You go over the waterfall once. If you’re iterating then, by definition, it’s not waterfall.
> you can certainly also complete a user analysis that produces requirements, which when fulfilled, solve the problem in its entirety for the user
This is almost always false, for any non-trivial project, within the usual commercial constraints of money and time.