A system which assembles, stores, processes and delivers information relevant to  society in such a way that the information is accessible and useful to those who wish to use it.

A system which assembles, stores, processes and delivers information relevant to an organisation in such a way that the information is accessible and useful to those who wish to use it.

It will always involve computers

When a new person joins an existing team

When starting up a new team

When there is a need to revisit team ways of working

they visualise progress of a project

they allow many members to work on the same task

they ensure the team can see what each team member is working on

they stop people working on the same tasks

Client not seeing the system in action until completion

Maintenance is usually required immediately when a TDLC developed project is implemented. 

Client not being able to see what they are actually getting, only though documented models

Doesn't engage stakeholders

Not keeping up with changes required as business environments change

helps ensure that team members do not take the same tasks

progress visible

easy to see break down of tasks

shows which tasks are ready to take

shows who is doing what

are self organising (no team leader)

are happy with any changes

are self determining

are a complete team to get the project completed (with the client)

have a project leader to allocate tasks

do not let team members make decisions