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Waterfall Methodology

Waterfall Methodology cascades each task into the next with what is referred to as a finish-to-start relationship. When one task ends, the next task begins. The Waterfall methodology is a good option if you have a well defined project where the customer is not going to change the scope. Waterfall is useful for managing labor and material contracts. For example, creating a visibility task to track material. Another example is creating a gate to check readiness before the next engineering objective begins.

Rolling Wave Methodology

Rolling Wave Methodology is a good schedule to manage when you are developing a new product where the project will continue for two or more years, or, when the project is dynamic by each subsequent phase of work being dependent on the outcome of the preceding wave. You detail plan the first wave, then during execution of the schedule, you detail plan the next wave, and so forth.

Agile Methodology

Agile Methodology is similar to Rolling Wave with the practice of breaking work into sprints. Each sprint is a two-week development cycle. If you were developing software for example, you would have multiple iterations to complete tasks, referred to as stories. Agile works well with software development projects. Another good fit is projects where the customer is likely to add and/or change scope.