Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall models

Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall
Bollapragada. Venkata. Marraju
bvmraju@yahoo.com
marraju@gmail.com
https://in.linkedin.com/in/marraju

WATERFALL Model
A
D
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
CODING
BUG
FIXING
TESTING
C
Test
Initiation
Waterfall model
Phase by Phase : Analysis >
Design > Coding, >Testing
and delivery of whole
functionality
Project Time line
25% 50% 65% 100%

ITERATIVE Model
1Code
1 Test
2Code
2 Test
3Code
3 Test
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A
1D 2D 3D 4D 5D
4Code
4 Test
5Code
5 Test
ANALYSIS
DESIGN
C
O
N
S
T
R
U
C
T
I
O
N
A
D
c
T
Iterative Model
For a small set of functionality
Analysis & Design will be
completed first before
proceeding to Coding & Testing
within same iteration.
Project Time line
25% 50% 75% 100%

4
C
D
A
T
Agile- SCRUM Model
10%
21%
33%
45%
58%
70%
82%
90%
100%
Project Time line
SCRUM model
Analysis, Design, Code, Testing and
delivery of a small functional pieces in
with short cycles (sprints)
ADCT Wheel
A – Analysis
D – Design
C – Code
T – Test

14 days
Sprint
Daily
Standup
C
D
A
T
5
SCRUM - Sprint
14 days Sprint
ADCT Wheel
A – Analysis
D – Design
C – Code
T – Test

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Process vs Project Triangle
ADC
A
D
C
T
A
D
C
TT
Schedule Schedule Schedule
WATER FALL ITERATIVE AGILE - SCRUM
Waterfall Iterative Agile
Format Test Match: Strategic-
Phase by Phase like
Innings by Innings.
Game for Specialists.
Slow and Steady.
One Day: Strategic approach –
First10/Middle/Slog overs.
Mix of Specialists and
All-Rounders.
Result oriented.
T20: Lively , Dynamic, Full of
Action. Game for All-Rounders.
Changes with every over.
Highly Result oriented

Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall
{Process}
{Planning}
{Execution}
{Completion}

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Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall – {Process}
Waterfall Iterative (hybrid) Agile
Quality Quality focus changes
from Analysis > Design
> Code > Test
Quality focus shifts
between Analysis/Design
phase to Coding/Testing
phase
Quality focus on all aspects
of SDLC at any given time.
Quality Control Detection & fixing
during system and
regression testing at the
last phase of project.
Early detection & fixing in
each iteration for new
features. Followed by
regression testing.
Early detection & fixing in
each sprint followed by
stabilization.
Continual
Improvement
(CA & PA)
Lessons learned from
previous release
implemented in next
release
previous Iteration
implemented in next
Iteration.
previous sprint implemented
in next sprint
Risk No Risk Identification.
Firefighting during
testing phase.
Risk identification &
mitigation in dev & test
phase of each iteration.
Early identification &
mitigation in every sprint.
Postmortem/
Retrospection
After every release After every iteration/
milestone
After every sprint in
retrospection meeting
Customer
Feed back
At the end of the
project.
At the end of every
iteration
At the end of every sprint 4
Less Agile
More Agile

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Practice Waterfall Iterative (hybrid) Agile
Goals Goals are defined for
each phase by defining
entry and exit criteria.
Delivering artifacts by
phase wise.
Completion of analysis &
design for a set of features
by one team followed by
completion of code & test
by another team.
Completing the feature/story
in all aspects within a sprint.
Delivering the shippable
product.
Definition of
Ready
Analysis and design
should be completed for
all stories before
programming
Analysis and design should
be completed for a ‘set of
stories’ before
programming
Stories that are not subjected
to change, that can be
completed (analysis to demo)
within the sprint will be
considered for the sprint.
Scoping Product Owner (PO)
decides project scope
Project Manager (PM)
decides scope for iteration
in consultation with
Product Owner
Team decides the sprint
scope as per the capacity
availability & product backlog
prioritization
Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall – {Planning}
Less Agile
More Agile

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Effort
Estimation
PM provides estimates
and get approval from
PO for entire project.
Project Manager (PM)
provides the estimation
for each iteration.
Scrum Master facilitates and
Team does the estimation.
Story points can be reviewed
and refined during sprint
planning meeting.
Scheduling Scheduled by phase wise
milestones – Analysis,
Design, Development
and Testing
Scheduled based on
Iteration wise delivery
commitments –
Iternation#1, #2, #3, #4,
etc.,
Scheduled based on velocity
and Release backlog.
Time boxed in short cycles of
duration say 1wk, 2wks, or
3wks – Sprint#1,#2,#3,#4, etc.,
Plan Review Team need to stick to
baseline project plan.
Team need to stick to
baseline iteration plan
Team can review during mid
sprint planning
Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall – {Planning}
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Phase silos or
Role silos or
Story silos
Analysis and design will
be completed for all
stories before
proceeding to coding and
testing. Lag by phase.
Within in the team, analysts &
architects work on analysis &
design of future stories and pass
it to the remaining team to work
on coding & testing of those
stories. Lag by phase with overlap
Team gets divided into mini
teams and each min team
focus on story completion in
all aspects – analysis, design,
development, test, doc,
delivery. There is no lag.
Resource
Utilization
Role specific. Resources
restricted to the tasks
that suits/matches their
role only.
Role switch over rarely seen.
Resources extend only on need
basis.
Role switchover common.
Everybody is ready to work on
any task
(analysis/design/dev/test) to
complete the story.
Ownership Ownership changes from
role to role by phase to
phase. Roles play key
role. PM responsible for
overall delivery.
PM is responsible for getting the
iteration completed.
Entire team is responsible for
story completion in all
aspects – analysis, design,
development, testing and
demo.
Task
Assignment
Project Manager do the
feature/task
assignment for entire
project.
PM influence the feature/task
assignment for entire iteration.
Team members are
empowered to own the
feature/tasks for every
sprint
Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall – {Execution}
Less Agile
More Agile

12
Daily Standup Daily/Weekly Status
reports. PM calls for
the status meeting at
scheduled intervals
Daily/Weekly Status
reports. PM calls for the
status meeting at
scheduled intervals.
Scrum Master facilitates the
daily standup meeting to
update:
• what we did?,
• what we are going to do?
• where we lag?
Status Report Status report in
prescribed template.
More focus on
Percentage done.
Status report in
prescribed template.
More focus on
Percentage done.
Update on daily basis by
logging hours spent & hours
required to complete.
Burndown/Burnup chart
reflects the remaining hours
required to complete
Planned vs
Actual
Stick to baseline
project plan
Stick to baseline iteration
plan
Actual hours burnt vs hours
required to complete
Less Agile
More Agile

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Testing Resources Only Testers will
identify, prepare, and
execute the TCs.
Only Testers will identify,
prepare, and execute the
TCs.
Any one in the team
identify, prepare and
execute TCs.
New Feature Testing TC preparation and
execution starts after
analysis, design and
development phase.
TC preparation and
execution starts after
analysis and design phase.
TC preparation and
execution starts in parallel
with analysis and design
and completes within same
sprint.
Regression Testing After the completion
of first cycle system
testing.
Partial coverage within the
iteration and full coverage
in stabilization iteration.
Full coverage within the
sprint.
Stabilization Phase NA. Full scale regression testing
after the completion of
development iterations.
No feature development.
Only defect fix.
Performance, deployment,
migration testing after the
completion of development
sprints.
No feature development.
Only defect fix.
Less Agile
More Agile

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Definition of
Done
DOD for a story will be
measured by phase wise
delivery of artifacts (req. doc,
design doc, test cases, code)
which are validated,
reviewed, approved, baseline
and delivered at the end of
respective phase.
DOD will be measured by
phase wise delivery of set
of features - analysis &
design in one phase and
development & testing in
followed phase with in
same iteration.
DOD for a story will be
measured by its capability
of demonstration and
delivery to the external
world.
Story Closing Delivering/Publishing artifacts
(DOD) phase by phase
Closing analysis & design
stories. Closing code & test
stories.
Closing the story based
on demo feedback, test
case results (90% pass)
and defect status (no
critical & high defects)
Delivery Delivering artifacts phase
wise and delivery of working
software at end of the
project.
Delivering working software
at the end of each Iteration.
Demonstration and
delivering working
software at the end of
every sprint.
Agile vs Iterative vs Waterfall – {Completion}
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Than‘QA’
Bollapragada. Venkata. Marraju
bvmraju@yahoo.com
marraju@gmail.com
https://in.linkedin.com/in/marraju

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