New Hybrid Model with Fine Blend of Agile and Waterfall

Abstract

The paper recommends a new hybrid model for software projects delivery with fine blend of the both agile and waterfall models by addressing the drawbacks of both models. The traditional waterfall model development goes one phase after the other and any changes to previous phase is addressed late in the delivery cycle thus most of the times implemented software and customer expectation will not by in sync or sometimes poles apart. The trending agile focuses on small chunks development with iterative cycles, going back to the customer for feedback at every phase and reaching the expectation and delivering the functionality which client was looking for. The agile model may not be suitable for projects where the requirements are very intricate and cannot be easily fragmented into smaller iterations and requirements are definite and constant, and where deviations to the requirements are improbable. The waterfall model may not be suitable for projects where the requirements are uncertain or likely to change, as changes to the requirements need changes to previous phases. The paper recommends a new fine blended model with the best of agile and waterfall approaches with the collaboration of Delivery with Sprints and POD teams, and gets the delivery with optimal cost and speed. The projected novel model is a fine blend of best of both models by eliminating shortfalls of the Agile and Waterfall.