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Ian McFarland, VP Technology, Pivotal Labs, Inc. [email protected] Our Best Waterfall Experience Ever ...and why it sucked.
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Ian McFarland, Pivotal Labs

Jun 18, 2015

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Ian McFarland, VP Technology, Pivotal Labs, Inc. [email protected]

Our Best Waterfall Experience Ever

...and why it sucked.

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The 500 Page PRD

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...a true story.

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Bad Design Decision Discovery ofBad Design Decision

Wasted Effort

Unvalidated Design

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Smithsonian

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• Waterfall is great if you know exactly what you need to build, and get it exactly right up front. Knowing exactly what to build saves development time.

• But even then...

Ken Lund

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Change

• ...it happens.

Change

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Bad Design Decision Discovery ofBad Design Decision

Wasted Effort

Unvalidated Design

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Why Waterfall Fails

1 Month, 1 Year

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Kevin Krejci

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Why Waterfall Fails

Development

Launch

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Bad Design Decision Discovery ofBad Design Decision

Wasted Effort

Unvalidated Design

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Why Waterfall Fails

1 Month, 1 Year

Bad Design Decision Discovery ofBad Design Decision

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Why Iterative Succeeds

1 Week, 1 day, 1 minute

Bad Design Decision Discovery ofBad Design Decision

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