Software Projects often select one of the two methods to easily complete the project without any hurdles and involve everyone to make the project successful.
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What method do you prefer to use for your Project? Choose the one,Either Agile or Waterfall Method? which one is better?
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Hi,
Agile has been the preferred way of software development in recent years. The iterative and short ‘sprint’ focused approach helps to reduce rework and get to an MVP in a much faster time.
FYI - strategy consulting firms are also now adopting (or trying to adopt) this way of working on their own projects.
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Hi Alex,
Waterfall has been implemented since the 70's and is powerfull and very resilient (large projects, large # of stakeholders, traditional V cycle)
Agile has been more popular in the last 5 years as easier to implement and more reactive (ideal for start-ups, SMEs) and nowdays starts to be the most implemented one even in large PMOs.
The most combination so far is Agile with SCRUM methodologies.
Up to you to design a case with a MECE decision tree on this question ;-)
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