Comparison of dashboard development between waterfall model and agile methodologies

Abstract

Agile Methodology is a concept that focus on communication between product developers and users. The objective is to make product be rapidly developed and effectively meets users’ needs. Objective of this study is to compare dashboard development method between agile methodology and waterfall model. There are 3 dimensions in comparison; speed of development, users’ satisfaction, and efficiency of dashboard. The study used descriptive and experimental research. The sample is dashboard users in Company L. The study is conducted by establishing timeline of dashboard development, semi-constructed interview, and survey applying Technology Acceptance Model and Theory of Planned Behavior. The result of this study showed that dashboard developed by agile was developed faster, provided more users’ satisfaction, and provided higher efficiency compared to dashboard developed by waterfall model. This study is resourceful for developers or users those need to choose or compare between agile methodology and waterfall model. Nonetheless, this study had limitation that dashboards were not developed in parallel. To improve future study, agile dashboard and waterfall dashboard could be developed simultaneously to prevent bias.