In project management, we often compare Waterfall to Agile, but what’s the real difference?
A Waterfall project, also called a cascade or V-model project, is a long-term project where everything is planned from the start.
Imagine this: I’m your client, I come to you with a request, and you tell me it will take 6 months of work. You then work for 6 months without delivering anything until the very end.
The problem: if the client changes their mind, if their needs evolve, or if we misunderstood something, we’re stuck. We realize too late that we didn’t build what was actually needed.
With Agile and Scrum, it’s different. We move forward in small steps, deliver usable versions quickly, and regularly ask for feedback.
The result: the client gets what they need today, not what we imagined 6 months ago.
In short, Waterfall is risky; Agile is worthy