AGILE versus WATERFALL Project Plans

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This video was really helpful. I was trying to study PMP without concepts and listening to the courses and failed my first attempt. This basic concept of Agile and Waterfall is helping me a lot to build up a structure in my brain. Thanks!

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Great video David. Absolutely love how you emphasize the importance of collaboration and adaptability in agile development. It's refreshing to see a video that not only educates but also inspires teams to embrace change and continuous improvement.

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[@rebeccajones8005]

David, amazing video as always!!! Especially the order of operations for the Processing Groups!!! However, the last slide on PM Success Steps. For schedule, you sequence the activities (in the precedence diagramming method) and then estimate the effort, duration and personnel needed for each activity. How it’s presented is the other way around. I only know this because I got the question wrong on the pmbok practice exam 😩

[@davidmclachlanproject]

Oh - wonderful comment, thank you! You are right, from the PMBOK point of view. With the PM Success Steps I am trying to put things in an order that makes sense in the real world - and it's helpful to have activity durations first, because that might influence the order we do them in!

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Absolutely brilliant video, thanks a million

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Hi David, I think you should consider doing a course with a real-life project, I believe prospective project managers would benefit immensely from your natural gift.

[@davidmclachlanproject]

I have this in my Udemy course 🙂

[@AnthonyVincent-y8o]

@@davidmclachlanproject , Could you please provide the link?

[@debasmitapaul6673]

Lovely video , do you have a video also show casing the pro and cons of using both methodologies ? If yes pls help share

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Great video. Thanks a lot.

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You’re perfect thank you

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this is a great video

[@DiaaKhwaireh]

Pleas sir : can you help me about this question: Which of the following statements is true regarding a project life cycle? A. Risk and uncertainty increase over the life of the project. B. Costs and staffing levels are typically high as the project draws to a close. C. Costs related to making changes increase as the project approaches completion. D. The project life cycle corresponds with the life cycle of the product produced by or modified by the project.

[@wendytulu9450]

D. The project life cycle corresponds with the life cycle of the product produced by or modified by the project. The project life cycle refers to the phases that a project goes through from initiation to closure. Each phase of the project life cycle corresponds to a stage in the product's life cycle. For example, in software development, the project life cycle might include phases such as requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment, which align with the stages of the software product's life cycle.

[@one4fitness780]

I think its C the answer D may not correct because may the product is finished but the project is not

[@rebeccajones8005]

C. Cost increases I also want to say risk AND cost. But that’s not an option.

[@davidmclachlanproject]

This is very tricky. I'm not 100% sure they've really thought through the question. Let's break it down: A is false: Risk is highest at the beginning of a project. B is false: Costs are highest during execution. C is a true statement according to the Cost of Quality: the closer it gets to the customer, the more expensive it is to change (i.e. easy to change requirements, or design, hard to change a completed product). This could also correspond with the project life cycle. D: It depends if they mean project life cycle (initiating, planning, executing, etc) or development life cycle (Agile, Predictive, Incremental etc). If it's development, I'd say yes, as we might choose Predictive for building a house, and Agile for building an App (different products). But for Project life cycle, the Process Groups Practice Guide specifically says it is independent of the Product life cycle (p.14 and p.15). So.... I guess that leaves us with C? Happy to know the answer, or if that question gets adjusted 🙂

[@ptt77402]

Thank you so much❤🙏🙏

[@adrianpyne2272]

In the project context Waterfall is ONLY a life-cycle. There is not nor ever has been anything called Waterfall project management.