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May 10, 2025

Waterfall Project Management

What is Waterfall Project Management

Traditional project management, also called waterfall project management, is characterized by precise planning and a plan-oriented execution. Deviations in time, costs, and project scope should be kept to a minimum. Typically, the project is subdivided by milestones and executed in project phases.

Project phases

  • Initiation
  • planning
  • control
  • completion

Traditional-Project-Management

Advantages of Traditional Project Management

  • Workflows are easy to reuse
  • Accurate cost estimations can be made
  • The Organization is clear and detailed
  • Depending on the requirements, not all projects can be agile

Agile vs Traditional Project Management

Traditional project management (waterfall method) is a sequential approach that allows starting the next phase only if all prior stages are completed (i.e., testing, design).

Agile project management is primarily an iterative process that adapts to changes quicker and allows breaking the phases down into small iterations (sprints) for rapid development.

Figure 2 illustrates the work breakdown structure of a traditional project:

Project Management Planning Work Breakdown Structure Software by Planforge

Gerald Aquila

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