by Nestor Ramirez | Apr 16, 2021 | Management, Waterfall
For the great majority of us, the term project management is related to the compilation of steps taken to develop a project from beginning to end. Most of these steps are more logical to some of us than others. You basically divide the project into sections,...
by Dhaval Panchal | Oct 22, 2014 | Home Page Feature, Systems Thinking, transformation, Waterfall
This is the last part in the series “Trapped in Wagile”. In the kick-off article I outlined three fundamental characteristics of waterfall organizations. In subsequent articles I explained Phase-Gates (part 2) and Large-batch handoffs (part 3). In this article:...
by Dhaval Panchal | Oct 15, 2014 | Systems Thinking, transformation, Waterfall
This is part three of the continuing series of articles. In the first article of this series, I outlined three fundamental characteristics of the waterfall system. In the previous article (part 2), I explained Phase gates and the unintended consequences when phase...
by Dhaval Panchal | Oct 8, 2014 | Home Page Feature, Systems Thinking, transformation, Waterfall
In previous article, I outlined three fundamental characteristics of waterfall system. Phase-gates are the most distinguishable characteristic of a waterfall organization. Recap on Phase Gates Phases are are strictly linear sequence of activities to build a product or...
by Dhaval Panchal | Oct 1, 2014 | Home Page Feature, Systems Thinking, transformation, Waterfall
Organizations attempting to transition to Agile demonstrate waterfall characteristics – residually or resurgently. Understanding these characteristics and learning to observe manifestation of these tendencies in organization systems will help you uncover...