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Discussion on: Explain waterfall project management, why did it fall out of style?

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Shreya Batra

Companies nowadays, specially the new ones, try to follow "Move fast and Break things." strategy above everything else.
They want to do maximum in the minimum amount of time, with great efficiency.
Waterfall project management just doesn't fit well with this mind set.
Waterfall management technique assumes you have a proper SRS document and everyone is well aware of each and every feature or thing that they are supposed to be working on, many months in advance. But the speed with which new companies are forming today and just the sheer amount of advancement that we are seeing today, begs us to move fast and deliver our products as soon as we can. Therefore, waterfall project management is falling out of style, at least for the start ups and many big and old companies as well, who want to stay in the running. And agile process is taking its place, in which you get the basic requirement and you just start working. The requirements may change at any point of time and you would have to incorporate those changes in your delivery plan.