UGC NET CSE | August 2016 | Part 2 | Question: 42

Question

The major shortcoming of waterfall model is

• A. The difficulty in accommodating changes after requirement analysis.
• B. The difficult in accommodating changes after feasibility analysis.
• C. The system testing.
• D. The maintenance of system.

Answer 1

ans will be A

The main drawback of the waterfall model is the difficulty of accommodating change after the process is underway. In principle, a phase has to be complete before moving onto the next phase. Waterfall model problems include:

1) Difficult to address change

Inflexible partitioning of the project into distinct stages makes it difficult to respond to changing customer requirements. Therefore, this model is only appropriate when the requirements are well-understood and changes will be fairly limited during the design process. Few business systems have stable requirements.

2) Very few real-world applications

The waterfall model is mostly used for large systems engineering projects where a system is developed at several sites. In those circumstances, the plan-driven nature of the waterfall model helps coordinate the work.