The Boeing 777: Development Life Cycle Follows Artifact
Niels Jørgensen · 2006
Iterative life cycle models have become popular in software engineering, for example in agile development. In contrast, the waterfall model appears to prevail in manufacturing engineering disciplines. This includes aircraft engineering and Boeing’s project for developing its most recent passenger aircraft, the 777. The paper walks through the phases of the 777’s development and compares to iterative development. This suggests two observations: