Chris@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoExplaining software development methods by flying to Marsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1844
arrow-up1844imageExplaining software development methods by flying to Marsfeddit.ukChris@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up221·edit-25 months agoI think this is a bit disingenuous. There’s no customer interaction in these panels. So waterfall would be: Customer says they want to go to Mars. You spend years building a rocket capable of going to Mars, draining all the company budget in the process. Customer then clarifies they actually meant they wanted to go to Mars, Pennsylvania, USA - not the planet!
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·5 months agoAlso the strip stops midway through as Waterfall was an invented thing just for a paper. And during your UP work you actually had the customer put in that input and hence it was like in this cartoon strip.
I think this is a bit disingenuous. There’s no customer interaction in these panels.
So waterfall would be:
Customer says they want to go to Mars.
You spend years building a rocket capable of going to Mars, draining all the company budget in the process.
Customer then clarifies they actually meant they wanted to go to Mars, Pennsylvania, USA - not the planet!
Also the strip stops midway through as Waterfall was an invented thing just for a paper. And during your UP work you actually had the customer put in that input and hence it was like in this cartoon strip.