Product Fundamentals

1.4: Waterfall Ascendant

June 08, 2023 Jordan Phillips Season 1 Episode 4
1.4: Waterfall Ascendant
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Product Fundamentals
1.4: Waterfall Ascendant
Jun 08, 2023 Season 1 Episode 4
Jordan Phillips

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This episode, we cover the rise of Waterfall to its dominant position over the software industry, find out what it was like in day-to-day practice, learn how it became the official way to make software on both sides of the Atlantic, and discover that old-timers have been complaining that kids these days don't how how to code since at least the 1970s.

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Intro and outro music by Jesse Spillane.

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This episode, we cover the rise of Waterfall to its dominant position over the software industry, find out what it was like in day-to-day practice, learn how it became the official way to make software on both sides of the Atlantic, and discover that old-timers have been complaining that kids these days don't how how to code since at least the 1970s.

Support the Show.

For full show transcripts, links to sources, and ways to contact me, please see the show site at https://www.prodfund.com.

Intro and outro music by Jesse Spillane.

Intro
The Software Factory
The Mythical Man-Month
Testing is the problem
Why stick to Waterfall?
SSADM & DOD-STD-2167
Wrapping up