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Project Life-Cycle

The following is a description of Schmidt's five-life cycle model.

Predictive Life-Cycle

It is expected that the project's three essential constraints will be described in detail ahead

of time, not only at a high level but also in depth in a projected life cycle, and that the project

will be divided into stages that may be sequential or overlapping in time and location.

Alternatively, detailed project planning from the start is now possible, or rolling wave planning

may be employed (also known as progressive elaboration). The overall project's high-level

planning is done here, but only the tasks that must be accomplished as soon as feasible are

accurately planned. After that, a more thorough strategy for the work that needs to be done will

be prepared. The terms scope and planning are not interchangeable! Even if the whole project

scope is completed from the start, the planning process may not be completed in full from the

start of a predictive life cycle (Lester et al., 2003).

The predictive stage is a stage in project management when a project is thought about and

visualized. The predictive stage focuses on how the project will begin, how the project will

appear, and the fundamentals of the whole project. All project stakeholders are given the

opportunity to express their thoughts on the project.

Iterative Stage

The second step is the iterative stage. At this point, we may access the requirements or

needs that the project will need to be completed. All of the probable assumptions that constitute

the foundation of the project are calculated, including the materials to be used, the number of

personnel to be included, and the location of the project to be done. The significance of this

phase is that it allows you to produce your initial product, test it, and modify it for the next
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iteration. We may simply infer that this stage is a set of actions that must be repeated in order to

improve the product in each cycle.

The Incremental Phase

the incremental phase is described as the stage in which the project's scope is considered

by identifying the early portion of the cycle. It is at this stage that all project plans are put into

action or executed. All plans are implemented, and performance is shown with the goal of

moving constantly until the whole project is finished as intended in the first phase.

Agile Phase

The project is divided into phases or iterations that may be sequential or overlapping in

their implementation, similar to a planned life cycle. However, since adaptive life cycles are

employed in constantly changing application sectors like as information technology, activities

within iterations may occur concurrently.

The real scope of a project is only specified ahead of time for the current iteration or

phase, much as the iterative and incremental life cycles are. Stages or iterations, on the other

hand, are substantially shorter in length than iterative and incremental life cycles, often lasting

two to four weeks. During an iteration, the scope is broken down into a set of needs

(deliverables), and the work that must be done to achieve those requirements (commonly referred

to as the product backlog) is prioritized (Emejom et al., 2019). At the conclusion of each

iteration, customer input is gathered and utilized to decide the exact scope of work for the next

iteration.

Hybrid Life Cycle

The project team takes a pragmatic approach to project delivery at each stage of the

project life cycle, using the strategies that are most likely to be effective at that moment. In a
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wide anticipatory approach, it's likely that you're employing a Gantt chart and numerous stages

to attain a certain finish date (Teoh et al., 2021).

It is possible to avoid complete delivery by adopting rolling wave planning or reviewing

ideas using prototypes and mockups before committing to a final delivery. That is a scheme that

makes no sense. The confluence of Agile and waterfall delivery approaches creates a lovely

marriage of best practices that supports the way your team chooses to work.

The Kitchen Heaven Project

For me, every kitchen heaven project or company must go through all of these stages.

This will determine if the product is successful from the beginning to the end (initiating,

planning, executing, and closing). However, in the case of the Kitchen Heaven project, they must

successfully complete the final step of the cycle, which is hybrid. A hybrid life cycle is one in

which the project delivery team adopts a pragmatic approach to project delivery, selecting the

techniques that are most likely to succeed at each phase. Kitchen utensils, cookware, dishes,

small appliances, gourmet foods, including bottled sauces and spices, are all available at Kitchen

Heaven, a specialized retailer specializing in the culinary arts. Even though the early phases of

the product life cycle are effective, this does not imply that the closing stage is likewise effective.

Delivering and execution must be properly planned since this is the last point and will determine

whether or not each life cycle is effectively implemented.

References

Emejom, A. A., Burgess, C., Pepper, D., & Adkins, J. (2019). Agile Approaches for Successfully

Managing and Executing Projects in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In Agile

Approaches for Successfully Managing and Executing Projects in the Fourth Industrial

Revolution (pp. 1-19). IGI Global.

Lester, D. L., Parnell, J. A., & Carraher, S. (2003). Organizational life cycle: A five‐stage

empirical scale. The international journal of organizational analysis.

Teoh, C. H., Zain, Z. M., & Lee, C. C. (2021). Manufacturing organization transformation–How

customization of project life cycle and project governance for custom solution enhances

the chances of success. Asia Pacific Management Review, 26(4), 226-236.