In 1995, the Standish Group’s Chaos Report said, “Requirements problems have been proven to contribute to 20-25% of all project failures. The average project overran its budget 189% and its schedule by 222%” In 2004, the same group’s Chaos Chronicles reported: Only 34% of projects expected to finish on time; 52% had proposed functionality; 82% […]
Guess the Agile Method?
What popular agile development method names its participants after the characters found in the following story, first told by Bennett Cerf on June 13, 1950 and published in the Titusville, Pennsylvania Herald in the column “Try and Stop Me?” A hen and a pig were sauntering down the main street of an Indiana town when […]
The Father of Waterfall Isn’t
The Waterfall model for system development has been a de facto standard since the 1970s. But did you know that Dr. Winston Royce, the man who is attributed with being the first computer scientist to formally describe the model, said in his famous 1970 paper that it doesn’t work? If you’re an advocate of the […]
Are You Waterfall or Agile?
This question was posed to me at lunch today. I am neither. I am best practice. Chapter 2 of The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC, takes a historical look at a dozen of the system development models that evolved over the last half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. This […]
Become an Affiliate—Earn 30% Commission!
The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC Affiliate Program Join our affiliate program and start earning money for every sale you send our way! Simply create your account, place your linking code into your website and watch your account balance grow as your visitors become our customers. How Does it Work? The process is very simple: […]
Recent Comments