Paper and Presentation: Applying 1970 Waterfall Development Lessons Learned within Today’s Agile Development Process
Abstract: While working for TRW in 1970, Dr. Winston Royce published an IEEE paper that described the waterfall development process. In his paper he states “I believe in the concept but the implementation described is risky and invites failure.” He then “presents five additional features that must be added to this basic approach to eliminate most of the development risks.” This paper reviews these five additional features recommended in 1970 and describes how they are incorporated into today’s agile development process to reduce agile project development risks.
PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Technical Project Management
Biography: Dr. Morgan has 38 years of systems engineering and project management experience. While serving in the United States Navy and then employed with IBM, Lockheed Martin and currently General Dynamics, he has assisted numerous Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers in the management and execution of their information technology portfolios. Supplementing his experience, he has received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida, a Master’s degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate degree in System Engineering from the George Washington University. Dr. Morgan has also earned numerous industry certifications including the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional and the International Council on Systems Engineering Expert System Engineering Professional certifications.
