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Addressing the Disadvantages of Waterfall Model

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The waterfall model has some disadvantages. It only incorporates iteration indirectly, so changes can cause considerable confusion as a project progresses. It also has difficulty accommodating the natural uncertainty that exists at the beginning of a project. Do you think that built in feed-back look might correct some of these concerns? Explain.

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1. The waterfall model has some disadvantages. It only incorporates iteration indirectly, so changes can cause considerable confusion as a project progresses. It also has difficulty accommodating the natural uncertainty that exists at the beginning of a project. Do you think that built in feedback look might correct some of these concerns? Explain.

According to the literature on this model, the feedback loop can indeed correct some of these concerns.

For example, the waterfall model is the oldest and the most widely used paradigm and the users address the ...

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