SDLC Waterfall Methodology Explained 2022-Software Methodologies Simplified

One of the most important decisions that a team must make is what methodology they will follow for the release of their application. The methodology will dictate the flow and mindset that the team will follow from the conception of the idea until after the final product is released to the end-user. Today’s methodology, the Waterfall Model.

The article will cover:

• The Phases Of The Waterfall Model
• Pros and Cons

The Phases Of The Waterfall Model

The waterfall methodology is the most traditional methodology. It consists of sequential phases and there are goals for each phase. The phases are requirements, design, implementation, verification, and maintenance. Each phase depends on deliverables from the previous phase. Because of this, a phase must be completely finished prior to the start of a new phase. To help illustrate the idea we will compare it to working in a bakery.

Requirements

So we know we want to bake, but what are we going to bake and why?

First, you want to start with a high-level scope of the project that way you and everyone else have an idea of what is going on. For this, we are choosing to bake a cake…