Will Waterfall Development Ever Die? Probably Not.
Waterfall development has been around for a long time. Lately it’s been sneaking back into our lives with a vengeance. And that is ok.
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7 min readMar 31, 2020
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- Waterfall is a software development strategy that does all the product design up front. Every field, every button, every navigation path, every event. The software design is compiled into a giant design document and sent to the customer. No stone left unturned.
When Henry Ford implemented the first assembly line in 1913, he probably didn’t know that he was about to change the world. He immediately took the build times of an automobile from 12 hours all the way down to 2.5 hours.
The assembly line caught on and began to expand to other processes. We started seeing changes in the way things were being developed throughout the world, from clothing to food to kitchen appliances.
The assembly line even made an impact in software development. The start to finish process was so ingrained in our minds that when building software became a thing, it was natural to follow suit. And in 1970, we had the birth of waterfall development.
