Do you feel that your government customers now engage sufficiently with Agile? Obtaining people on the customer side with the time and skills to provide the necessary feedback in a timely manner can be a challenge, in my experience.
It depends. I have some friends who still work on government projects and it depends how risk averse the project is.
If you’re building something mission critical, it lends more towards upfront planning (which Waterfall is best at).
If you’re building something that is less risky, you can really embrace Agile. But sadly, those that started with Waterfall tend to turn Agile into “mini Waterfall”.
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Do you feel that your government customers now engage sufficiently with Agile? Obtaining people on the customer side with the time and skills to provide the necessary feedback in a timely manner can be a challenge, in my experience.
It depends. I have some friends who still work on government projects and it depends how risk averse the project is.
If you’re building something mission critical, it lends more towards upfront planning (which Waterfall is best at).
If you’re building something that is less risky, you can really embrace Agile. But sadly, those that started with Waterfall tend to turn Agile into “mini Waterfall”.