Chegg I am currently in a Masters program taking Systems Req

Chegg, I am currently in a Masters program taking Systems Requirements. I believe the answer is \"Waterfall\" because it\'s mission critical, but I have to elaborate. We are sort of acting as Business Analysts for this company. Thankyou. Your company has been assigned to implement a major new enhancement to an existing product. In this case the system will be used in a way that people\'s lives will depend on the project working properly. For example, it could be used to control a vehicle or for emergency response to a major equipment failure. Question: What software development method would you recommend in such a case? Explain your reasoning.

Solution

Yes, for mission critical projects like the one described by you, Waterfall is the best suited methodology of development of product/ software. In fact waterfall was developed and initially used in many critical projects for Department of Defence. For the same reason, in Waterfall method, a lot of emphasis lies upon the time schedules, target dates and planning. As a whole, firm control is provided during the entire project with the help of elaborate written documentation, official assessments, and agreement/signoff by the user and information technology management taking place after most phases, before starting the next stage.