The US Vee-Model was first discussed at a joint conference sponsored by the National Council on Systems Engineering (NCOSE) and American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) in Chattanooga, TN on October 21–23, 1991. A paper named “The Relationship of System Engineering to the Project Cycle” written by Dr. Kevin Forsberg and Harold Mooz, Co-Principals for […]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the V-Model
In the late 1980s two countries, Germany and the United States, simultaneously but independently developed a V-Model. While the two models are similar in concept, they differ enough to be considered alternative approaches. The German V-Modell was developed in part by IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich in cooperation with the Federal Office for Defence Technology […]
A Good SDLC = Team Empowerment
A good SDLC does not force developers to use any specific methodology such as Waterfall or Agile. Instead, it empowers project teams to decide which practices to use, within guidelines, for each project. Once the choice is made the teams remain on that pathway until production deployment. Team empowerment is a greatly misunderstood concept. Empowerment […]
The SDLC Triangle
Have you ever heard of the SDLC triangle? Probably not unless you’ve downloaded my free sample chapter or have read The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC. It’s something I invented to demonstrate the complementary nature of project management methods and the system development life cycle. In terms of importance to a project, the SDLC and […]
Achieve Unqualified Project Success
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% […]
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