Chapter 5. Motivation
If you are going through hell, keep going. | ||
| --Sir Winston Churchill | ||
OVERVIEW
The facts of change on software projects.
Key reasons to adopt iterative and agile development.
Meeting the requirements challenge iteratively.
Problems with the waterfall.
Some have no need to justify iterative development. Others need to make a case; this information can help.
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
If your organization is applying a waterfall-oriented (or any other) process and has high success rates, productivity, and so forth, don't change. Adopting an iterative or agile method should be motivated by a challenge, not method-du-jour fads.
The average case within organizations is relatively high failure rates and other undesirable project qualities ...
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