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@bob<\/a> @aral<\/a> I have never in my professional life -- forty years in software development -- seen a 'waterfall model' project succeed. Not by my team, not by anyone else's team.<\/p>

Fully specifying software before you start to build does not work; the more innovative your software, the more it doesn't work. You need to write, and evaluate, and think, and try again. <\/p>

There are lots of established patterns for doing this; many work well.<\/p>

Waterfall, in my experience, never works.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/simon_brooke\/statuses\/116340352177959456","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/simon_brooke\/statuses\/116340352177959456","objectType":"note","content":"

@bob<\/a> @aral<\/a> I have never in my professional life -- forty years in software development -- seen a 'waterfall model' project succeed. Not by my team, not by anyone else's team.<\/p>

Fully specifying software before you start to build does not work; the more innovative your software, the more it doesn't work. You need to write, and evaluate, and think, and try again. <\/p>

There are lots of established patterns for doing this; many work well.<\/p>

Waterfall, in my experience, never works.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@simon_brooke\/116340352177959456","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/epicyon.libreserver.org\/users\/bob"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-03:objectType=thread:nonce=3d749eb579106d7b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12395658","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-03T13:57:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@simon_brooke\/116340352177959456"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/adrianww","displayName":"Adrian W","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/226256-original-tmp20240409150446.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/226256-96-20240607174959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/226256-48-20240601192952.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/226256-24-20241018100401.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"226256"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/226256-96-20240607174959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Sixty-something one-time software engineer\/systems architect, now a trainee blacksmith who still does bits of tech stuff. Also occasional musician.#nobridge","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@adrianww","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"adrianww","displayName":"Adrian W","note":"Sixty-something one-time software engineer\/systems architect, now a trainee blacksmith who still does bits of tech stuff. Also occasional musician.#nobridge"}},"content":"

@simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> @aral<\/a> I\u2019d go so far as to say that, really, none of the established patterns work well. They are all bound by their own assumptions as to how software development \u201cshould\u201d be done but none of them really consider how the whole system will work in the real world.<\/p>

I\u2019m very glad that I\u2019ve been out of that game for a while now, although I do try to keep in touch with what\u2019s happening and spend a fair bit of time rolling my eyes.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/adrianww\/statuses\/116340690678532735","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/adrianww\/statuses\/116340690678532735","objectType":"note","content":"

@simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> @aral<\/a> I\u2019d go so far as to say that, really, none of the established patterns work well. They are all bound by their own assumptions as to how software development \u201cshould\u201d be done but none of them really consider how the whole system will work in the real world.<\/p>

I\u2019m very glad that I\u2019ve been out of that game for a while now, although I do try to keep in touch with what\u2019s happening and spend a fair bit of time rolling my eyes.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@adrianww\/116340690678532735","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/simon_brooke\/statuses\/116340352177959456","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@simon_brooke\/116340352177959456"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/simon_brooke"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/epicyon.libreserver.org\/users\/bob"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-03:objectType=thread:nonce=3d749eb579106d7b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12395659","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-03T13:57:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@adrianww\/116340690678532735"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20250906070226.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20250906071718.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20250906071718.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-24-20250906071718.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"4627"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20250906071718.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aral","displayName":"Aral Balkan","note":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable"}},"content":"

@KimSJ<\/a> @adrianww<\/a> @simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> Couldn\u2019t agree more :)<\/p>

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@KimSJ<\/a> @adrianww<\/a> @simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> Couldn\u2019t agree more :)<\/p>

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@adrianww<\/a> @simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> @aral<\/a>
At the start of any project it is impossible to know what you don\u2019t know. That\u2019s why Waterfall always fails.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/KimSJ\/statuses\/116341039827096003","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/KimSJ\/statuses\/116341039827096003","objectType":"note","content":"

@adrianww<\/a> @simon_brooke<\/a> @bob<\/a> @aral<\/a>
At the start of any project it is impossible to know what you don\u2019t know. That\u2019s why Waterfall always fails.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@KimSJ\/116341039827096003","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/adrianww\/statuses\/116340690678532735","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@adrianww\/116340690678532735"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/simon_brooke"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/epicyon.libreserver.org\/users\/bob"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/adrianww"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-03:objectType=thread:nonce=3d749eb579106d7b","notice_info":{"local_id":"12395660","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-03T13:57:35+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@KimSJ\/116341039827096003"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6291943","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}