Project Lifecycle Software

A good project lifecycle software program is a valuable asset to any business today especially when they are trying to secure approval for any project that they wish to undertake. However, when it comes to choosing the right kind of program you need to take a look at the various different models available and see which of these will best suit your requirements.

Below we will take a close look at the various different models none of which can be interchanged with the others and look at their weaknesses and strengths. The one that you choose should be one, which can easily identify the risks that you may face and so help you to reduce the chances of these risks occurring.

Model 1 – Pure Waterfall This is the classic of all the models we are going to be discussing in this article and is ideal where you have clearly understood requirements or when working with technical tools or infrastructures.

The main strengths of this model are that it can save you money during the planning stages of the project. As well as it can be used by those people, have plenty of technical knowledge and those who do not. However, there are disadvantages the main one of these being that this particular model can be somewhat inflexible when being used.

Model 2 – Spiral This particular model allows you to break the project up into much smaller chunks so not only is it much easier to handle but can also being divided around between those that are involved in the project.

The big advantage to be gained from using this model over the pure waterfall one is that at every stage of the project it can be tailored to suit those parts of it. Nevertheless, it is somewhat more complicated to understand and so is not really the kind of program one should be using where there are people who have little or no knowledge of such programs.

Model 3 – Modified Waterfall Is very similar to the pure waterfall model; however, with this one you are able overlap phases of the project as and when you need to. Nevertheless, it still provides you with the capability of being able to divide the project up into sub projects, which makes it much easier to cope with through out the projects phases.

The biggest advantage to be had from using this kind of project lifecycle software model is that it provides a lot more flexibility than the pure waterfall one does. Moreover, it allows you to use the program in much the same way as the spiral one does. However, this can cause problems when mistakes are made because communications have faltered.