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by nivertech 1410 days ago
It's not my understanding of that article. What I understood is:

- most FAANGs are using either informal or formal mini-waterfall SDLCs (i.e. starting with small upfront design/product/marketing document).

- most non-tech enterprises and consultancies are using Agile/Scrum

- startups are somewhat in the middle

There is a google sheet with the detailed list of companies and their SDLCs.

Lastly I do agree that SDLC should be adapted to company size/stage and the industry/vertical.

I.e. don't use Agile/Scrum/SAFe over waterfall/RUP for mission- or safety-critical software (i.e. missile, aviation or automotive). And don't use waterfall/RUP for in-house enterprise software over Agile/Scrum/SAFe, etc.

Use something like Shape Up for a small web SaaS product, use EventStorming for a bank or insurance company, etc.

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That's what you get for working from memory... Just re-read the article and your way of reading it is actually correct.
I also summarized from my memory. I've read this article about a year ago ;)