{"id":215,"date":"2015-01-28T14:09:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/?p=215"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:09:01","slug":"waterfall-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/waterfall-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterfall Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Word: \u00a0<\/strong>Waterfall approach<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition:\u00a0<\/strong>A sequential design process that involves treating the steps of a project as separate, distinct phases, where approval of one phase is needed before the next phase can begin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts:\u00a0<\/strong>In this development approach the design phase does not typically begin until all requirements are approved by business stakeholders. However, a pure waterfall approach is not usually the best approach for UX work because it does not leave much wiggle room for any changes or iterations along the way. Each step is seen, for the most part, as final and completed. Think assembly-line style. The\u00a0strict nature of this approach leads most designers and developers to work together in an <em>agile<\/em> approach instead (more on agile tomorrow).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/enlogica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/waterfall-method.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:\u00a0<\/strong>What's an example of a project that would lend itself to a waterfall approach?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>waterfall chart\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nealcabage.com\/waterfall-or-iterative-methodology\/\">credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word: \u00a0Waterfall approach Definition:\u00a0A sequential design process that involves treating the steps of a project as separate, distinct phases, where approval of one phase is needed before the next phase can begin. Thoughts:\u00a0In this development approach the design phase does not typically begin until all requirements are approved by business stakeholders. However, a pure waterfall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,39],"tags":[65,8,9,63,64],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing","category-product-management","tag-agile","tag-user-experience","tag-ux","tag-waterfall-approach","tag-waterfall-method"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}