Comments on: The Process Tool Selection Process http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/14/the-process-tool-selection-process/ Dedicated to Software Development Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:13:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul Davis http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/14/the-process-tool-selection-process/#comment-225 Paul Davis Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:05:36 +0000 http://klimek.box4.net/blog/2007/02/14/the-process-tool-selection-process/#comment-225 Great post/article. The dynamite bit gave me a good laugh. It made me think of how a lot of the new guys get sucked into things they may not be ready for. I agree with you on waterfall. The most amazing thing about the waterfall model is that, when Winston Royce wrote the paper back in the day, he was trying to say that its a bad way to do things. The problem is, nobody read the paper, they just looked at the picture. He said, the waterfall model "is risky and invites failure". On a side note: Even electronic engineers use iterative development. They don't make a new perfboard every time but, they do use breadboards. Design a little, validate/tweak/update the design with a breadboard. Great post/article. The dynamite bit gave me a good laugh. It made me think of how a lot of the new guys get sucked into things they may not be ready for.
I agree with you on waterfall. The most amazing thing about the waterfall model is that, when Winston Royce wrote the paper back in the day, he was trying to say that its a bad way to do things. The problem is, nobody read the paper, they just looked at the picture.
He said, the waterfall model “is risky and invites failure”.

On a side note:
Even electronic engineers use iterative development. They don’t make a new perfboard every time but, they do use breadboards. Design a little, validate/tweak/update the design with a breadboard.

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