Introduces the SCRUM software development method / philosophy

tip: Read intro at the end

Chapter 1: The Waterfall Method

• Follows the Big Design Up Front (BDUF) philosophy which is a plan-driven software development methodology

1. Requirement gathering - all requirements of the project must be outlined in advance → A comprehensive set of documents that outlines every requirements of the project

   2. Designing - transform the requirements written in natural language into a somewhat formal and lower language that describes the architecture of the project

   3. Coding (Implementation) - teams take the design documents and transforms it into actual code

   4. Testing - Test if the implementation does indeed satisfy the design

   5. Deployment

Pros:

• organized and straightforward
• promotes specialization / efficiency (optimizes human resources)
• encourages incremental building (minimizes backtracking)
• facilitates contracts and formal agreements

Con:

• It is inflexible towards change