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Psyc+Tech » Blog Archive » Don’t draw diagrams of wrong practices – or: Why people still believe in the Waterfall model
- so why do people still advocate the waterfall? If you look at the scientific articles on software engineering that discuss the waterfall, they all cite Royce’s article. In other words, they’re saying something like “The waterfall is a proven method
- Posted: Thu Jul 13 04:07:27 GMT 2006

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