Waterfall Process Operations in the Fast-paced World: Project Management Exploratory Analysis
Keywords:
System development life cycle, waterfall, SWOT, requirementsAbstract
The software development processes must follow some specific system development life cycle. There are many SDLC methodologies proposed and are in working according to the developing software. The system development life cycle has been studied and investigated by many researchers and they have developed their own model which has own strengths and weaknesses. This analysis paper concentrated on the traditional methodology namely waterfall model as if it can be used in this new e-business era and for which type of business this model is suitable. It explains about the waterfall model and how this model works. The paper begins with explain about waterfall methodology. This paper also discusses the model’s pros and cons. It also discusses about waterfall methodologies SWOT analysis. The paper concluded with summary.
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